Armenia Fund Brazil Sponsors Latest Reconstruction Project

Armenian Weekly
Sun, Mar 21 2010

Armenia Fund Brazil Sponsors Latest Reconstruction Project

The Brazilian affiliate of Armenia Fund continues to support major
renovations at Yerevan’s Nork-Marash Infectious Diseases Hospital. The
latest project benefiting the facility, the sixth such initiative
sponsored by the Brazilian affiliate, will result in the
reconstruction of the hospital’s Pediatric and Adolescent Infections
Departments.

Currently under way, the project was announced by Armenia Fund Brazil
chairman Ochin Leon Mosditchian in October 2009, during his working
visit to Yerevan with a Brazilian-Armenian delegation.

`This is not the first time when a benefactor finances several
additional projects following the realization of an initial
undertaking,’ said Ara Vardanyan, the executive director of the
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, commenting on the Brazilian-Armenian
community’s consistent support of Nork-Marash Hospital.

`Commitment of this level ensures that issues faced by a given
beneficiary are solved in a comprehensive manner,’ Vardanyan added.
`The continued support of sponsors such as the Armenian-Brazilian
community is a testament to the effectiveness of the Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund as well as the confidence it inspires among donors.’

Since 2005, the Fund has implemented a string of extensive projects at
Nork-Marash Hospital. They include the reconstruction of the Intensive
Care Unit, Intestinal Infections Department, and Infectious Diseases
Department, the installation of a new roof on one of the hospital’s
two main wings, the installation of a heating system, and the
construction of a boiler room.

`Without a doubt, these major renovations and upgrades have
significantly improved the general quality of our medical services as
well as our patients’ sense of wellbeing,’ said Dr. Ara Asoyan, the
chief physician at Nork-Marash Hospital. `Today our vastly enhanced
facility enables us to provide top-notch care and makes us far better
prepared to deal with epidemics.’

According to Asoyan, close to 7,200 patients (including 2,350
outpatients) have received care at the hospital’s renovated
departments in 2009 alone.

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