SECOND INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CONFERENCE OF ARMENIA TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCE IN REPUBLIC

Noyan Tapan
Jun 28, 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The international medical three-day
conference of Armenia, in which about 550 specialists, scientists,
and experts of Armenian nationality from the health service from
Armenia, Artsakh, and abroad took part, started its proceedings
in Yerevan on June 28. Important problems of the health service of
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh will be discussed and scientific reports
including about 24 spheres of the health service will be presented
during the conference.

Ara Babloyan, the Chairman of the organizational commission of the
conference, mentioned that eight discussions will be held through
satellite communication, and the specialists of the health service
sphere from regions will also take part. According to him, 10 satellite
symposiums will be held on the days of the conference: "Opthamology",
"Nursing Work", "Diabetology", as well as many others. In addition
to this, a live television discussion concerning the sphere of
pediatrics will be held, and doctor-specialists from Yerevan and
New Jersey will take part. It was also mentioned that the third full
sitting of the conference will wholly be dedicated to the strategy
of Armenian-Diasporan joint programs and further cooperation.

Bella Kocharian, the RA first lady, particularly, mentioned in her
speech: "I want the expected results of the conference to become the
property of Armenian specialists, to be brought to life and serve
the RA citizens.

Afterwards, I want our country to become a leading one in the region in
the near future, particularly, in those directions of medical science,
which were considered as primary at this conference." Bella Kocharian
attached importance to the circumstance that they should have great
respect for doctors and win the confidence of patients and mentioned:
"The work of doctors will be productive only when their professional
knowledge, high moral values, and psychological skills are united."

According to Haroutiun Kushkian, the RA Health Minister, the
proceedings of the conference will greatly contribute to the
development of medical science in Armenia. The Minister mentioned
that according to the project of RA government activities, the sphere
of the health service will be one of the primary directions of the
policy concerning budget expenses and that it will aim at raising
the quality and availability of medical assistance for the unprovided
stratum, in particular. The implementation of the program concerning
the availability of medical assistance for the population was mainly
connected with the development of an obligatory and voluntary medical
insurance system.