The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, supported by the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia evaluated COVID-19 pandemic management at 12 intensive care units of medical clinics.

Tbilisi State Medical University the First University Clinic Intensive Therapy Department was rated in the final report of the Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Certified Specialist, MD Knut Taxbro as the best among the clinics under observation in Georgia.

The monitoring focused on clinical management, facilities, equipment and system of the clinic, also intensive care management procedures and staff.

"There are separate entrances and seemingly well- functioning routines for separating suspected/verified cases at an early stage in the hospital. There is a clear focus on multidisciplinary team approaches to clinical management of patients based on guidelines as well as individualized therapies whenever required.  

The unit appears very well managed and they systematically collect patient specific clinical data for benchmarking and for identifying areas of improvement within clinical management. Several peerreviewed publications (quality marker) on COVID-19 management. This unit is a positive outlier", - was mentioned in the part of the report that refers to TSMU the first university clinic.

Aim of monitoring clinics in Georgia is to improve COVID-19 management and prevention. The positive assessment received by the World Health Organization is another great recognition of Tbilisi State Medical University the First University Clinic.