SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT IS AFRAID OF NEITHER JOURNALISTS NOR THE ACUS

ArmInfo
2010-04-26 16:29:00

ArmInfo. "They can intimidate me with neither journalists nor the
acus",- said Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan to
journalists, Monday, when donating blood in the parliament’s lobby.

A number of parliamentarians took part in the blood donation held today
at the National Assembly on the initiative of Armenian Bone Marrow
Donor Registry. At the same time, several MPs refused pointblank
to donate blood in the parliament’s lobby for ethical reasons,
and the MPs from the Heritage Party donated blood at the Registry
in advance. "3 mg of blood have been taken from the MPs for genetic
analysis. In case of coincidence, blood will be taken from donors for
further analysis to reveal various infections and diseases to increase
the number of donors from 15 thsd to 25 thsd people. In this context,
we have already applied to various state structures to increase the
number of donors. At the moment we have already 700 donors whose
blood matches with that the patients",- said Sevak Avakyan, Director
of the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry.