RADIOLOGICAL CENTER OPENS IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
31.03.2010 16:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A radiological center built with the assistance
of the Armenian General Benevolent Union and Yerevan State Medical
University opened in Yerevan on March 31.

In her opening remarks, University rector Gohar Kalyan said that the
center is unique in the South Caucasus. "Three major problems have
been resolved for the past 3 years: a building was built, modern
equipment purchased and specialists trained in the best clinics of
Europe and United States," she said.

The construction cost $4.5 million, of which $1.7 million was provided
by philanthropists Nazar and Artemis Nazarian. At their request,
the center was named after their son, well-known American radiologist
Levon Nazarian. An AMD 2.8 million loan was also made to accomplish
construction and purchase the essential equipment.

After the opening ceremony, attending Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan, Minister of Healthcare Harutyun Kushkyan and Minister of
Education and Science Armen Ashotyan saw round the building.