80 PERCENT OF YEREVAN RESIDENTS CHOOSE THEIR DOCTORS
Panorama.am
16:28 21/01/2008
"This year 54 billion 482 million 700 thousand drams were appropriated
from the state budget to health and this is more by 14,5 percent than
the last year," Armen Soghoyan, health and social department head of
the municipality, told a news conference today. He said 19 billion 168
million of the total fund is envisaged for out-of-hospital services
and 19 billion 11 million drams for hospital services.
The department head assured that primary circles received more money
this year. "The purpose is to strengthen the primary circle avoiding
complications of citizen illnesses as well as expensive medical aid
of hospital service," he mentioned.
Speaking about program 2008, Soghoyan said that this year the institute
of family doctors will be continued in the primary circles. He said
43 community doctors will be trained. He said as a result Yerevan
will have 427 family doctors and 285 family nurses. The department
head informed that as of January 1, 80 percent of capital residents
have already chosen their family doctors.