12-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN ALSO TO RECEIVE FREE DENTAL SERVICE HENCEFORTH

Noyan Tapan
Dec 20, 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia’s 12-year-old children
will also receive free dental service henceforth. Such a decision
was made at the RA government’s December 20 sitting.

As Haroutiun Kushkian, the RA Minister of Health, said after the
sitting, as a result of the program of care for 6 and 12-year-old
children’s mouth cavity implemented in the recent years with the
state budget funds it was cleared up that these children have
dental diseases. Therefore, according to the Minister, taking into
consideration the possibilities of the 2008 state budget, henceforth
besides 8-year-old children, 12-year-old children will also receive
free dental service. The Minister said that 9, 10 and 11-year-old
children will also receive free medical service henceforth.

H. Kushkian also said that in consideration of priority of care of
mother’s and child’s health and importance of health care of women
of reproduction age, it has been decided to carry out treatment of
out genital diseases of women in birth and post-natal period free
of charge.

The Minister said that for the purpose of solving the problem of
vacancies of doctors in the regions, the order of compensation of
work done by doctor-specialists sent to the regions will be worked
out jointly with the RA Ministry of Finance and Economy.