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| Adjarians
are proud of the new Khulo Mothers and Children
Medical Center which provides maternity and
other health care. This Center opened in 2001,
with state-of-the art facilities and a highly
skilled professional staff. |
Adjara has 39 hospitals and hundreds of additional
health care facilities within the Region. Among
the more recently opened medical facilities are
the Batumi Maternity House, a Mothers and Childrens
Center and a rehabilitation hospital for the poor.
As part of the effort to provide maximum benefit
to all citizens ambulance service is free in Adjara.
Adjara maintains the national lead in high rate
of childbirths for Georgia. Demographer say the
birth rate is 12.3 children per 1000 persons in
the population, greatly surpassing the national
average of 8.9 per capita. The Khulo district is
distinguished by a traditionally high birth rate,
where over 500 children are born annually.
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