REPORT OF THE 2008 ACTIVITY OF ARMENIAN HEALTH MINISTRY PRESENTED
ARMENPRESS
Feb 3, 2009
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Health Minister Harutyun
Kushkian presented today to Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian
the report on 2008 activity of the Ministry. He noted that the
main programs have been implemented according to the chronology
and a number of issues which demand continuative solution have been
brought forward. According to the minister, continuative works are
necessary to be conducted towards the improvement of the legal field
of the sphere and settle issues existing in the sanitary hygienic,
primary protection of the health, pharmaceutics and other directions.
H. Kushkian noted that this year the ministry will conduct serious
works towards the modernization of ambulance service, the necessity
of which has been strictly noted. New ambulance cars are intended
to be purchased, building conditions – improved and new specialists
appointed.
According to the minister, there is also an issue of proportional
development of the health systems of the provinces.
Assistant to the head of State Revenue Committee Armen Alaverdian
presented two issues to the minister. First is that the real sums of
salaries of workers of the sphere is hidden and low salary is shown. In
this issue workers of the tax service expect the minister’s support.
A. Alaverdian also informed that for services provided through cash
money, cash registers will be applied from this year.
Armenian Prime Minister T. Sargsian noted that during the
implementation of health sphere programs progress is necessary to
be registered, so that there will also be investments by the private
sector.