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02 March, 2010

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund begins reconstruction of Delivery Ward at Abovian
Maternity Hospital

Yerevan, March 02, 2010 – The Maternity Hospital of Abovian, in Armenia’s
Kotayk Region, became the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s latest beneficiary
this month, as the fund began to rebuild the facility’s Delivery Ward. The
initiative is sponsored by the fund’s Canada (Montreal) affiliate, with
financing by local benefactors Vrej and Imasdouhi Nigoghossian.

With demolition work already completed, construction crews are currently
building new partitions at the Delivery Ward. The other components of the
project include the renovation and retiling of the floors as well as the
replacement of all doors and windows.

Commenting on the much-anticipated reconstruction, Dr. Larissa Madoyan,
chief physician of the Maternity Hospital, said that the 25-year-old
facility’s grave disrepair has had an adverse effect on the quality of
healthcare. "In terms of inspiring a sense of security and confidence among
expectant mothers, the improved conditions of the ward will be of foremost
importance," Dr. Madoyan explained. "In turn, a mother’s well-being is
crucial equally to her newborn and the medical staff caring for her." Dr.
Madoyan added that already this year 193 babies were delivered at the
hospital.

In 2009 there were 1,422 births at the Delivery Ward. In addition, 247
walk-in patients received care, 347 women underwent various surgical
procedures, and 17,656 pregnant women were provided with medical
consultation at the Maternity Hospital, which serves seven urban areas and
close to 60 rural communities of Kotayk.

"Every parent seeks to ensure the healthiest and most comfortable
environment possible for their newborn child," said Ara Vardanyan, executive
director of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. "With this in mind, the
renovation and, in this case, reconstruction of our homeland’s aging
maternity wards is an area of high priority for the fund."
"Perhaps the most heartwarming testament to the benefits of such projects is
the marked increase of new births in a given community," Vardanyan
concluded.

Apart from the Abovian Maternity Hospital initiative, the Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund is currently implementing several healthcare-development
projects in Armenia. They include the construction of the Zangezur
Cardiology Center in Goris and the reconstruction of the Noyemberian
Hospital, the Delivery and Postnatal Department of the Maternity Ward at
Surb Astvatsamayr Medical Center in Yerevan, and a wing of the Nork-Marash
Medical Center, also in Yerevan.
Hayastan All Armenian Fund