President of the National Assembly Ara Babloyan on Monday attended the opening of the 15th International Ophtalmology and Neonatology Conference organized by the Armenia EyeCare project.

The annual event has brought together guest specialists from the United States, Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Caucasus region, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the parliament's press service reports.

Greeting the participants, Babloyan highly appreciated the initiative's role in prioritizing healthcare projects in Armenia. “With its history, this project is almost as old as our independence. Launched about a quarter of a century ago, it offers quality ophthalmological services to our population, transforming its purely healthcare value into a social one,” he added.

A mobile hospital operating as part of the program allows the highly trained specialists attending the event to offer also the necessary medical aid to individuals with visual impairments.

Babloyan, a doctor by profession, emphasized the importance of the event as a good opportunity to provide free medical services to people in need, allowing doctors to timely detect the possible diseases and offer the necessary treatment. He highly praised the Roger Ohanesian, the founding president of the project, and the team of Armenian specialists, for their serious contribution.