PubMed · 145696
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T Glonti, O Kurashvili. 1977. [Georgian SSR].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/145696/
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State of the occupational medicine in Georgia -- performing investigations in the field of occupational illnesses, providing workers with the occupational health services, training of the medical staff in higher educational institutions, perspectives of occupational health services for workers and personnel, having professional contact with hazardous factors were discussed. The major stages of the development of occupational medicine, since the foundation of the occupational health services in Georgia, till today, were presented. The principal mistakes made in organizational -- practical, educational, methodical, research practices in public institution managing the training of the scientific and practical personnel of occupational medicine were evaluated. On the basis of the present state of occupational medicine in the country some principal conclusions were made. These conclusions state that immediate measures should be taken for the development of the modern occupational health services. It is necessary to work out some new strategies and to restore old and proved actions.
At the present stage of development of the country, at the time of total social-economical changes, providing the employed part of the population with safe work conditions and qualified health protection system plays an important role and it needs corresponding legislative basis. In the system of these measures the most important thing is organizing a comprehensive research with the aim of studying the work conditions and the state of health of workers engaged in national economy and working out complex sanitary actions. The comprehensive research has manifested the unfavourable state of factors of work and industrial environment (mental and emotional exertion, high level of dustiness). This exerts a significant influence on the functional state of Tbilisi metro workers. Cardiovascular and nervous system pathologies are the main factors in the state of health. On the grounds of clinico-hygienic comparison they can be related to industrial conditional diseases. On the basis of conducted the complex research recommendations about the improvement of work factors and the health state of Tbilisi metro workers (particularly those of organizational character) have been developed.