YEREVAN’S ST. GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR AND ST. MOTHER OF GOD MEDICAL CENTERS REPAIRED WITH WORLD BANK FUNDS
Noyan Tapan
Dec 10 2007
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan’s St. Gregory the
Illuminator and St. Mother of God medical centers have been repaired
with World Bank’s funds. As Armen Soghoyan, the Head of the Healthcare
and Social Security Department of Yerevan Mayor’s Office, said at the
December 10 press conference, construction work of 120m drams (nearly
400 thousand dollars) was done, modern medical equipment of 545m drams
was placed at the St. Gregory the Illuminator medical center. And
construction work of 720 thousand dollars was done, equipment of 1.9m
dollars was placed at the St. Mother of God medical center.
A. Soghoyan also said that Yerevan Mayor’s Office has reached
agreements with Los Angeles, Berlin and Nice hospitals for the purpose
of continuing reforms in the healthcare sphere. In particular,
according to the agreement reached with one of Berlin’s hospital
networks, exchange of specialists will be done, as well as medical
service of patients will be organized there.
It was also mentioned that medicines of 1.5m dollars have been also
received by Los Angeles structure of the United Armenian Fund. The
medicines were given to Yerevan medical institutions. A new batch of
medicines will be received by the end of the year.