Despite growth in healthcare funding, poverty increased in 2017… Citizens pay 58% of healthcare expenses out of their pockets

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Zurab Tchiaberashvili’s statement is MOSTLY TRUE.

There is a direct correlation between air pollution and lung cancer as well as other diseases. In Georgia, there is a visible dynamic of growth in respiratory diseases in 2012-2016

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Tina Bokuchava’s statement is TRUE.

Under the Georgian Dream’s rule, prices on medication increased by 60%, on healthcare by 37%, on utilities by 17% and on food by 20%

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Nika Melia’s statement is TRUE.

Of the GEL 10 million medication programme budget, GEL 8 million has not been spent. Only 22,000 people were beneficiaries of the programme in the previous year

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Zurab Tchiaberashvili’s statement is HALF TRUE.

A total of 11,400 people die annually from tobacco-related diseases in Georgia… As a result of tobacco consumption, GEL 825 million in damage is inflicted to this country

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Akaki Zoidze’s statement is TRUE.

Beneficiaries of the free medication programme will be 150,000 to 250,000 persons

FactCheck concludes that Davit Sergeenko’s promise was NOT FULFILLED.

Because of the cement dust, the highest number of people with cancer is in Kaspi