DOCTORS VISITED ASKERAN
Laura Grigorian

Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
18 April 2006

In the frame of a program of the Ministry of Health on April 12 a group
of leading doctors visited the town of Askeran to provide free medical
aid to people living in the town and the adjacent villages. There had
been a similar visit to Shushi. A senior official of the NKR Ministry
of Health Karineh Alexanian said besides the main purpose of these
visits the group of doctors conducts trainings for the local medical
workers. The group included a general practitioner, two pediatricians,
a neurologist, an ENT doctor, an ophthalmologist, a surgeon and a
specialist of endocrinology. Karineh Alexanian said the group did not
include a dentist and a heart doctor, because the local hospital has
these medical specialists. On that day 127 patients were examined,
14 by the general doctor, 14 by the specialist of endocrinology,
16 by the neurologist, 20 by the surgeon, 17 the ENT doctor and 10
by the gynecologist. “We had expected more patients, but many people
were unable to get to the town.

Nevertheless, there were a number of patients from villages,” said
the head of the group. The hospital of Askeran had announced about
the visit of doctors, and when they arrived many people were already
waiting for them. Karineh Alexanian said there were patients who had
not seen the doctor on time and needed hospital care. Some of them were
hospitalized, others needed examination by a specialist. There were
shortcomings in child health care. The patients who needed an operation
on the eye were advised to go to the republic hospital. There were a
number of patients with hearth diseases and therapeutic patients. ”
People were satisfied with the visit of the doctors. Such visits
are necessary, and the ministry is trying to make these visits more
frequent,” said Karineh Alexanian. Next the doctors will visit the
village of Chartar, Martuni region in late April.