A1 Plus | 13:27:22 | 20-09-2004 | Social |

FREE HEALTH CARE FOR JOURNALISTS

On Monday Armen Soghoyan, chief of Public health and social security
department of Yerevan’s municipality, told journalists all health care
clinics announced open house for media representatives on September 25
to provide them with opportunity of free medical examination.

Journalists wondered why media representatives? Maybe they are
reckoned to be among the low-income members of society living in
reduced circumstances?

Journalists were surprised when Soghoyan said the idea had been
conceived in journalists’ trade union – nobody has ever heard about
that institution.

The municipality official also says this year the medical clinics’
budget is to rise from current 24,9 billion to 31,7.