The Ministry of Health Care of Abkhazia is in charge of the paediatric hospital, maternity centre, psycho-neurological centre in Tbilisi, regional medical centres in Tskhneti, Kutaisi, Tskhaltubo, Senaki, Khobi, Batumi and Zugdidi. As examples, the regional polyclinic in Gldani serves more than 12,000 refugees and a hospital in the village of Azhara in the Korodsky Canyon serves more than 3,800 people, among whom are 600 children. First medical aid centres have been opened in refugees compact settlements in hotels, hostels and student's campuses. The ministries of Health Care of Georgia and Abkhazia are conducting regular medical checks of refugees, sending brigades to their compact locations. In 1997 they conducted medical checks for about 32,000 people.
Results show high sickness rates among refugees.
All of them got medical help and medication. Many of them were worked in hospitals and clinics of Tbilisi on the state s behalf. The least protected segments of the refugee population pensioners, invalids, single people, families which have lost providers receive insurance policies for free medical care. Great attention is paid to the work of the Ministry of Social Security and to the foundations of social protection and medical insurance. Local agencies of the Ministry of Social Security are responsible for calculating, restoring and paying pensions.