Some 270 emergency heart surgeries performed in the first two months
11.03.2015,
16:07
Some 270 emergency heart surgeries were performed in Armenia in the first two months of 2015, Tsaghik Vardanyan, head of a health ministry department, told a news conference.
YEREVAN, March 11. / ARKA /. Some 270 emergency heart surgeries were performed in Armenia in the first two months of 2015, Tsaghik Vardanyan, head of a health ministry department, told a news conference.
She specified that 116 surgeries were conducted in January and 154 in February as part of a government-funded program that was started this past January.
Emergency surgeries are conducted in cases of acute forms of massive heart attacks, posing real threats to lives, she said.
"After the surgery patients remain for six months under doctors’ supervision,' she added.
Saro Tsaturyan, another health ministry official, said that most of surgeries -107- were performed at Erebuni medical center.
According to Tsaturyan, 151 patients were residents of Yerevan and the other 119 were residents of provinces. Also 210 were men and 60 were women. The average age of patients was 63 years.
Only citizens of Armenia are eligible for this program. In exceptional cases it can apply to foreigners, but a decision of the minister of health is needed.
Under the program approved in 2014 the government will be releasing 500 million drams (over $1 million) in 2015 -2017 to pay for the surgeries.-0-
