DOCTORS WISHED MASIS MAYILYAN GOOD LUCK

KarabakhOpen
03-07-2007 11:47:14

On June 30 Masis Mayilyan met with the personnel of the Republic
Hospital.

During this warm talk life in our country and the problems of the
health sector, including corruption and incorrect human resource
policy were discussed. The presidential candidate Masis Mayilyan said
the government must recover the health sector from this poor state,
upgrade medicine and make it more available for people, and fight
corruption in this sector. It is necessary to observe the law at all
the levels of the system and use mechanisms which at least will not
reduce the level of medicine in the first stage and will continue to
work towards its improvement.

Most importantly, the candidate thinks, the government must first
fulfill its commitments to the medical staff and then demand that
they honor the law. In particular, a significant rise in salary of
the medical workers and improvement of the state of the Republic
Hospital is necessary.

The doctors drew Masis Mayilyan’s attention to the consequences of the
incorrect human resource policy when the same people occupy the same
high-ranking positions, there is only rotation. The candidate said
it won’t continue. Three parameters must be set in choosing staff:
professionalism, patriotism and honesty.

Some emphasized the importance of protection of the rights of the
Russian-speaking people and a corresponding attitude towards the
Russian language, proposing to adopt Russian as a second language. The
candidate disagreed with this proposal but he emphasized that the
problem of Russian-speaking people needs address. In particularly,
they must not face language problems in finding a job. Masis Mayilyan
thinks teaching some subjects at schools in Russian at least in the
beginning must become part of the policy of boosting the inflow of
people. In addition, he thinks students of the course in a foreign
language can get a certificate if they get satisfactory results from
the Armenian grammar, literature and history.

The doctors asked about the candidate’s vision of the order our
children must live in. The candidate said the market economy is a
priority in today’s world and emphasized the necessity of preserving
the national traditions. Masis Mayilyan described this order as
"capitalism in production and socialism in distribution."

Other issues were discussed, including proportion in raising salaries
and pensions, justice in awarding medals and titles.

At the end of the meeting Dr. Edward Ghukasyan emphasized the necessity
of promotion of democratic reforms and particularly expressed concern
about the behavior of the opposition parties.

I was in the initiative group which named Bako Sahakyan but then
opposition parties appeared among his supporters, and it was not
clear to me. The classic attributes of democracy should be observed
to have democracy work.

And democracy without opposition is impossible. When Masis Mayilyan
was named, it was a relief for many because it was the best remedy
to this situation. It is clear there are two main candidates: Bako
Sahakyan and Masis Mayilyan. I respect both and I think no matter
whom people will elect, the program of the elected candidate must be
implemented because it is a national program.

The doctors wished Masis Mayilyan good luck.