Yerevan November 7
Tatevik Shahunyan. A group of dentists is holding a protest action in front of the Ministry of Healthcare of Armenia. They require a license tax reduction.
As a representative of the Constructive Dentistry public organization Hovhannes Gevorgyan stated in an interview with journalists, nothing has changed over these 6-7 months – the practice of making decisions continues without taking into account the opinions of interested parties. Gevorgyan argues that most of the specialists in this field are dissatisfied. According to him, 85% of dentists in Armenia are not satisfied with the current system. Despite this, as Gevorgyan assured, the Acting Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan does not intend to make concessions to specialists, since he is not sure that in this case the sector will work in a white field.
Meanwhile, experts say that in the event of a decrease in licensing tax, the cost of services will go down. To note currently small dental clinics pay a tax in the amount of 80 thousand drams for a chair, and a large (more than 4 chairs, ed.) 48 thousand drams. -sh–