ARMENIA NEEDS 1,700 FAMILY DOCTORS

Armenpress
Oct 18 2006

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 18, ARMENPRESS: Around 1000 Armenian family doctors
and as many hospital nurses are expected to have been trained by 2009
as part of a program designed to upgrade Armenia’s health system.

This program is supported by a World Bank credit.

Some 600 family doctors and 300 nurses have been trained
already. Samvel Hovhanesian, dean of family doctors department of
the National Health Institute, said the training of family doctors
and nurses will go on after the completion of the World Bank credit
program. He said in line with international standards Armenia needs
a total of 1,700 family doctors.

He said the institution of family doctors has been introduced already
in the majority of Yerevan clinics.

In 2008 it will embrace the whole of Armenia, he said.
From: Baghdasarian