Armenian government to release additional money for heart surgeries

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A session of the Armenian government on Thursday decided to release additional funds for government-financed heart surgeries.

Armenian government to release additional money for heart surgeries

YEREVAN, November 9. /ARKA/. A session of the Armenian government on Thursday decided to release additional funds for government-financed heart surgeries. Health minister Levon Altunyan noted that the ministry has streamlined a number of programs and the saved money in the amount of 194.5 million drams will be used to cover the shortage of resources for heart surgery services.

"As a result of streamlined expenses, we will be able to conduct additionally 220 heart operations," Altunyan said. The minister also said that parallel work is underway to reduce the cost of these operations.

According to him, in late December the ministry will present a new calculation of the cost of heart surgeries, which will become effective starting from January next year. He refused to elaborate. ($ 1 - 486.22 drams). --0-

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