MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SHIPPED TO ETCHMIADZIN

Sep 02 2009
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We are pleased to report that Dn. Dr. Varouj Altebarmakian has
successfully arranged a shipment of 90 pieces of medical equipment,
including an ultrasound machine, to Etchmiadzin. These devices
will be utilized at St. Nerses the Graceful Hospital, under the
direct supervision of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and
Catholicos of All Armenians. Dn. Dr. Varouj Altebarmakian has been one
of the most active and dedicated faithful in the Western Diocese. He
has previously served as a Diocesan Council member as well as in many
other capacities at various Diocesan and Parish levels. He currently
serves as a member of the Parish Council of St. Paul Armenian Church
in Fresno. Dn. Dr. Altebarmakian is a member of Supreme Spiritual
Council based in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

The equipments were donated by Kaiser Permanente-Fresno and
Comprehensive Pain Management Center, and Strafford School in Palo
Alto, California. All 90 pieces of medical equipment were placed in
a 40-foot container and shipped to Armenia by the United Armenia Fund.

His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate, and the members
of the Diocesan Council express their deep gratitude and appreciation
to Dn. Dr. Varouj Altebarmakian for his generous donation of medical
equipment to Armenia.