Armenia sends doctors to Indonesia to aid tsunami victims

Public Television of Armenia,, Yerevan
3 Feb 05

A group of Armenian doctors will leave for Indonesia to provide
medical aid to people hit by the tsunami on 26 December.

A trauma specialist, doctors specializing in infectious diseases and
an epidemiologist will leave for the disaster zone.

The decision was made at a cabinet meeting on Thursday [3 February]
under the chairmanship of President Robert Kocharyan.

Today the government instructed and allotted 8m drams [16,000 dollars]
to the Health Ministry to arrange the dispatch of the specialists.

It was also reported that the humanitarian aid – six tonnes of
medicines and warm blankets – sent by the Armenian authorities has
already been delivered to Sri Lanka.