Tbilisi. Public Defender together with Deputies of the Public Defender have met with population in the villages of Omalo, Shenako and Dartlo in Tusheti region on September 10, 2015.

The conversations revealed that the main problems of the mountainous region are poor road infrastructure, shaky supply of electricity and drinking water, lack of sewage and landfills. Medical service also remains a problematic issue. Locals are unable to get assistance in time even though an emergency center was opened there, since there is only one doctor in the region, while villages are dozens of kilometers away from each other. In addition, there is no ambulance and the doctor has to go to patients on horseback.

Source: www.ombudsman.ge