RA VICE PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES THE DELEGATION OF WORLD BANK
ARMENPRESS
MAY 12, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS: Armen Gevorgyan, Armenian vice Prime
Minister and territorial administration minister, received today the
delegation of the World Bank team for implementation of healthcare
programs in Armenia. RA Healthcare Minister Harutyun Kushkyan was
present at the meeting as well.
An official from the press and PR office of RA Territorial
Administration Ministry told Armenpress that some issues on the process
of implementation of the first and second ‘Modernization of Healthcare
System’ loan projects and other projects, intended to be implemented,
were discussed at the meeting with RA vice Prime Minister. The sides
mentioned that the first project has nearly reached the end and that
the choice of hospitals, involved in the projects, was quite right.
The two sides expressed their satisfaction for the quality of
implementation of the works and stressed the importance of ensuring
high-quality provision of healthcare services in the provinces, which
stems from the logic of symmetric development of areas in a country.
The World Bank team was interested in the position of RA vice Prime
Minister Armen Gevorgyan about the selected medical establishments,
as well as about provision of medical services in Syunik province.
Armen Gevorgyan suggested to involve the hospital of Kapan in the new
project and said that the bad geographic position of the town and
the prospects of Kapan to become a center for production should be
taken into consideration. Armen Gevorgyan says there should be three
political, economic, demographic, social centers in the province of
Syunik- Goris, Kapan and Meghri.
They discussed the possibilities of holding consultations on investing
insurance system in that sphere and some issues on organizing trainings
for the personnel of medical establishments of provinces, as well. It
was mentioned that the new project would be represented to the World
Bank Board of Directors in October. The project is expected to start
next year.