Armenian health ministry to launch government-financed stroke treatment program
23.11.2018,
18:12
In 2019 February Armenia’s Ministry of Health will launch a thrombolytic therapy program for acute and / or subacute ischemic cerebral stroke as part of government-financed medical services.
YEREVAN, November 23. /ARKA/. In 2019 February Armenia’s Ministry of Health will launch a thrombolytic therapy program for acute and / or subacute ischemic cerebral stroke as part of government-financed medical services.
The acting Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan said the program is very important in terms of reducing mortality and disability rates resulting from non-communicable diseases. He said the program is to ensure a kind of therapy that will help eliminate the stenosis of cerebral vessels to prevent development of stroke. This, in turn, he said, will save the patient from long-term disability and save his life.
The beneficiaries of this program are those patients that will be taken to stroke treatment centers within 24 hours with clinical symptoms of brain stroke and diagnosis of acute and / or subacute ischemic brain stroke.
The program will be implemented by the Mkhitar Heratsi Yerevan State University Foundation and the Erebuni Medical Center. It is expected that within one year about 250 patients with stroke will receive treatment in the respective centers.
The government will release about 400 million drams (about $825.6 thousand ) for the implementation of the program, which is supposed to significantly reduce mortality from strokes as well as reduce disability by about 39%. -0-
The acting Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan said the program is very important in terms of reducing mortality and disability rates resulting from non-communicable diseases. He said the program is to ensure a kind of therapy that will help eliminate the stenosis of cerebral vessels to prevent development of stroke. This, in turn, he said, will save the patient from long-term disability and save his life.
The beneficiaries of this program are those patients that will be taken to stroke treatment centers within 24 hours with clinical symptoms of brain stroke and diagnosis of acute and / or subacute ischemic brain stroke.
The program will be implemented by the Mkhitar Heratsi Yerevan State University Foundation and the Erebuni Medical Center. It is expected that within one year about 250 patients with stroke will receive treatment in the respective centers.
The government will release about 400 million drams (about $825.6 thousand ) for the implementation of the program, which is supposed to significantly reduce mortality from strokes as well as reduce disability by about 39%. -0-
