Relief is only a border crossing away

Some South Ossetians prefer Georgian doctors.

"The leader of Russia-backed South Ossetia worries that Georgian doctors are undermining the breakaway entity’s health.

"During a cabinet session of the de-facto South Ossetian government held March 2, Leonid Tibilov, the president of the self-proclaimed republic, expressed concern about the number of South Ossetian residents traveling to Georgia to seek medical treatment."

(South Ossetia says it no longer is part of Georgia. The Georgian government disagrees and lists South Ossetians under national health insurance. Russia props up South Ossetia, but not well enough in medical care.)

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/72386