SYUNIK PSYCHONEUROLOGIC DESPENSARY IN URGENT NEED OF SPECIALISTS

Noyan Tapan
May 17 2006

KAPAN, MAY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Most of the 2,182 patients registered
at the Syunik regional psychoneurologic dispensary are from
Kapan region. Director of the dispensary Ararat Vardanian told
NT correspondent that about 20 patients a day on average undergo
out-patient treatment at the dispensary. The inpatient unit has 80
beds, 10 of which are envisaged for narcological medical services. The
unit receives about 58 visiting patients daily, about 30 patients
are under constant care. According to A. Vardanian, the hospital is
in urgent need of qualified doctors: instead of the required six,
only two doctors are currently working here, one of whom is the
dispensary director himself.