CRIMINAL CASE OPENED BASED ON FACT OF SALE OF VARDENIS MENTAL HOSPITAL PATIENTS’ INTERNAL ORGANS

Noyan Tapan
Jun 15 2006

YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. It is suspected that there have been
cases of human internal organs sale in Armenia. Independent deputy Emma
Khudabashin stated at the June 14 sitting of the RA National Assembly
that this information was in a letter she has received from a group
of residents of the city of Vardenis (Gegharkunik marz). According
to the letter, the internal organs of some patients of the Vardenis
mental hospital have been sold. No body was found in the grave during
an exhumation to check these suspicions.

In response to the deputy’s question whether the government has
been informed about the fact, and if so, what its attitude to such
phenomena is, the RA Minister of Health Norayr Davidian said that
a criminal case was opened based on the above mentioned facts, and
after its completion the deputy will get answers to her question.