GHG.L Regulatory News (GHG)

  London, 12 July 2018

GHG's healthcare services business has launched a new Home Care service

Georgia Healthcare Group PLC ("GHG" or the "Group"), announces that its healthcare services business has recently launched a new Home Care service in Tbilisi. GHG is the first company in the Georgian healthcare market to offer this service in an organised way. Our qualified nurses will provide professional healthcare assistance at home, covering services such as transfusion, inhalation and oxygen delivery. People of all ages can benefit from Home Care, including those who have been recently discharged from a hospital, those who are recovering from surgery or major illness, or those who have received a new diagnosis or a complication of a chronic illness. All of these services are co-ordinated by an operating centre open 24 hours a day.

"I am very pleased to announce the launch of another new service across the Group, that will help people to live safely at home. We are the only corporate in the Georgian healthcare market that has officially set up such a pioneering Home Care service. The launch is in line with our strategy to invest and develop new medical services to keep filling existing service gaps in the country, supporting the market's continuing development. The process of launching new medical services will continue throughout the year." - commented Nikoloz Gamkrelidze, CEO of Georgia Healthcare Group.

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

Ketevan Kalandarishvili, Head of Investor Relations

About Georgia Healthcare Group PLC

Georgia Healthcare Group PLC is a UK incorporated holding company of the largest healthcare services provider in the fast-growing, predominantly privately-owned, Georgian healthcare services market. GHG's leadership position is underpinned by offering the most comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services targeting the mass market segment through its vertically integrated network of 37 hospitals and 17 district polyclinics. GHG is the single largest market participant, accounting for 26.4% of total hospital bed capacity in the country, as of 31 March 2018. GHG is also the largest pharmaceuticals retailer and wholesaler in Georgia, with approximately 30% market share by revenue. GHG is the second largest provider of medical insurance in Georgia with a 27.9% market share based on net insurance premiums earned and approximately 159,000 insurance customers as at March 2018. GHG employed a total of c.15,500 people as at 31 March 2018, including c.3,600 physicians.

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