6,1BN DRAMS TO BE ALLOTTED TO SPHERE OF CHILDBIRTH AID FROM RA STATE BUDGET IN 2009

Noyan Tapan

Au g 4, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2009 6,1bn drams (about ,03m) will
be allotted to the sphere of childbirth aid as compared with 3,9bn
drams in 2008. As in the August 1 press conference chief of the RA
Ministry of Health department of Mother and child’s health protection
Karine Saribekian noted, year by year an increase of child-delivery is
recorded. Thus, if in the first half of 2006 5718 child-deliveries were
recorded, in the same period of 2007 6035 deliveries were recorded,
then in 2008 6217 deliveries were recorded.

Summing up the results of the one month of investment of state
certificates’ system in childbirth aid sphere, she noted that during
the month of July 1604 children were born (in 2007 this record was
1509). 330 of confined mothers gave birth to children by Caesarean
section. Most of the child-deliveries were recorded in the Institute
of Perinthology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology: 299, and least of the
child deliveries were recorded in the Centre of Family Planning
and Sexual Health: 63. In the same period 422 women having regional
registration received childbirth aid in the medical institutions of
the capital. 28 women had foreign citizenship.

It was also mentioned that the most part of the calls received by the
hot line of the Ministry connected with the certificates were made
for the purpose of receiving information. The Ministry is undertaking
measures in the direction of correcting the complaints. For example,
the Minister of Health has issued instructions that if there are no
free of charge wards in the maternity hospital women in labour should
be placed in fee-paying wards for free.