ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OF GEORGIA 2013 Funding of the medical services Funding of the penitentiary healthcare services: a yearly breakdown Table 3 Total penitentiary healthcare budget in 2012 Total penitentiary healthcare budget in2013 Medical personnel wages in 2012 7.587.000 Lari 11.958.000 Lari Doctors: 650 Lari Nurses: 350 Lari Doctors: 1200 Lari Nurses: 650 Lari Medical personnel wages in 2013 We note with satisfaction the trend of increased funding of the prison healthcare services. We also welcome the fact that the salaries of the prison medical personnel have been raised. These positive changes have given rise to increased expectations of the beneficiaries and other interested parties towards the prison healthcare services. Naturally, with more effective administration methods and tools in place, one would reasonably expect a steep increase in the capacity and the quality of the penitentiary healthcare services compared to the previous years. Provision with medications; pharmacy operation In 2013, thirteen drug storage pharmacies and private pharmacies were functioning in penitentiary institutions. In the below table, we provide data about sums spent on medication supplies for the penitentiary institutions through 2012-2013: Table 4 Penitentiary Institution No. 2 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 17 18 19 Total 2012 59182,39 105797,35 47423,15 5271,5 133578,84 52359,28 2953,78 28990,24 136132,54 99404,51 69069,1 374215,76 136601,34 1250979,78 2013 145131,16 80859,96 91484,74 17831,54 220578,02 28075,45 9237,01 48431,36 173845,94 179667,21 227222,41 231375,68 216408,7 1670149,18 National TB program 2012 170428,37 National TB program 2013 74827,13 Pursuant to information received from the Ministry of Corrections, each drug storage facility has its responsible person. Penitentiary institutions are receiving medications according to an approved basic list of medications based on monthly or individual requests submitted by chief doctors of individual penitentiary institutions. These requests are drafted jointly by the institution’s chief doctor, pharmacists and doctors. From the drug storage facilities, medications are given out based on doctor prescriptions, which must be signed under by the recipient and approved by the chief doctor. There is a private pharmacy in the Center for the Treatment of Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation but it is not functioning. Also, prisoners in the Penitentiary Institution No. 14 are unhappy with the fact that the only pharmacy in NPM Report 30