On July 22, the Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF) and Law Firm Asatiani & Attorneys at Law signed a cooperation memorandum in Literature Café of Amirani Movie Theatre. The memorandum calls for providing free legal advice to palliative care patients.
Getting qualified legal advice related to the disposal of property is one of the important concerns of palliative care patients. Palliative care centers (hospices) working in Georgia cannot provide needed legal service to them. Very often the patients are not aware of the ways they can take advantage of the privileges granted by the state and make decisions on issues like distribution of their property and writing their will.
In 2009, OSGF launched an initiative that called for the provision of free legal advice by law firms. Kordzadze Law Office was the first to support the initiative.
“Kordzadze Law Office was the first law firm that started providing free legal assistance to palliative care patients. I am glad that Asatiani & Attorneys at Law has also joined the initiative. By that the organization is doing the act of charity and displaying its social responsibility towards the public”, said Keti Khutsishvili, the OSGF Executive Director.
About palliative care:
Palliative care is the multi-profile care, which aims to relieve the pain of people with terminal diseases and to provide social and psychological aid and moral support to them. Patients receive palliative care in special centers, the so-called hospices. So far, there are two hospices in Tbilisi. One of them is at the Cancer Prevention Center, while the second one at the Peristsvaleba Convent. Apart from hospices the services are provided at home either.
