HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND BEGINS RECONSTRUCTION OF DELIVERY WARD AT ABOVIAN MATERNITY HOSPITAL
Armradio.am
02.03.2010 14:48
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.