NATURAL GROWTH TENDS TO GO UP
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
21 July 2006
The repair of separate sections of the Regional Hospital of Shushi
is an achievement for the region, think the people of Shushi. The
organization Country and Culture started funding the repair of the
hospital in 2004. The director of the hospital Vigen Khachatrian
says the therapeutic department and the maternity ward have been
repaired. Last year the theatre was repaired, but the work in the
department of surgery is still underway. Vigen Khachatrian says
after the repair is over the hospital will have 24-hour running
water thanks to huge reservoirs placed near the hospital. Besides
repairs they take care for medical equipment as well. The Armenian
Medical Association in France (Lyon) helps to improve conditions at
the hospital. The association provided the hospital with computers,
which are connected to the web. Vigen Khachatrian is thankful to
everybody and every organization, which assist to the hospital, namely
Archbishop of Artsakh Pargev Martirossian, Gurgen Melikian Foundation,
Shen, the Armenian Relief Fund, emphasizing that their contribution
will enable the hospital to settle all its problems. However, repaired
rooms are not enough to provide high quality medical care, and there is
focus on qualification of doctors as well. Vigen Khachatrian says the
Ministry of Health, as well as other local and foreign organizations
regularly conduct seminars for medics, and the doctors of the hospital
of Shushi also attend these seminars. For instance, in 2006 they took
part in the seminar organized by ARF in Goris, Armenia. Last year ARF
initiated special training of two doctors of the Shushi hospital in
Yerevan and organized seminars for the medical stations of the region
of Shushi. The director of the hospital participated in the annual
conference of Country and Culture in France. As for struggle against
epidemics, Vigen Khachatrian said they manage to prevent epidemics
by vaccination done on time, and these patients are provided with
medicine free of charge. There is shortage of specialists in the
hospital, namely there is no anesthetist, ENT doctor, general doctor
and neurologist, but the hospital organizes treatment of patients
so that they do not suffer; either they invite specialists from the
capital or they send the patient to Stepanakert. Vigen Khachatrian
was happy to state that Shushi is a young town, for every year 50-60
children are born, and there is natural growth.
SRBUHI VANIAN.
21-07-2006