Three large medical centers to open in Armenia soon
01.04.2016,
11:34
Three large medical centers will be opened in Armenia in July and August, Armen Muradyan, Armenian health minister, told journalists on Thursday.
YEREVAN, April 1. /ARKA/. Three large medical centers will be opened in Armenia in July and August, Armen Muradyan, Armenian health minister, told journalists on Thursday.
In his words, a hematology center with a special unit for bone marrow transplantation, a center for producing radioactive nuclides and a disease prophylaxis center will be opened.
The minister said that some technical problems related to equipment for producing radioactive nuclides were solved at the government’s session.
“All the preparations for the launch of the centre are planned to be completed within two or three months,” he said. “The center will operate in there directions – production of radioactive nuclides, diagnostics with using radioactive nuclides and researches to be carried out to raise medical science in Armenia to a new level.”
This oncology center of excellence, he said, is planned to be launched in three stages and will initially be able to serve 500 to 1000 patients a year.
Speaking about hematology center, Muradyan said that repair of the head building will be completed and construction of another building with a stem cell laboratory and a bone marrow transplantation unit will be launched this year.
It is planned to allocate $4.7 million under various grant programs for building the centre, and $150,000 for retraining specialists.
The Armenian Excellence Center, which is estimated to cost $12.4 million, is designed to provide ultra modern and advanced diagnosis services as well as treatment. It will also serve as a center for science, professional training, entrepreneurship and innovations.
The center is being established on the basis of the nuclear physics potential existing in Armenia for training and retraining a new generation of medical and technical specialists.
The modern oncology center is being established in Armenia on the initiative of the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia in accordance with the mutual understanding memorandum signed between the Foundation and Belgium’s Global Medical Solutions.
The centre will receive equipment worth €2.5 million and technical assistance as part of cooperation with Belgium’s IBA company.
According to official statistical reports, 2,700 people become disabled in Armenia every year because of cancer and the country’s economy sustains losses exceeding AMD 75 million every year because of that.
Some 32,000 cancer-stricken people are receiving follow-up treatment in Armenia now. --0---
In his words, a hematology center with a special unit for bone marrow transplantation, a center for producing radioactive nuclides and a disease prophylaxis center will be opened.
The minister said that some technical problems related to equipment for producing radioactive nuclides were solved at the government’s session.
“All the preparations for the launch of the centre are planned to be completed within two or three months,” he said. “The center will operate in there directions – production of radioactive nuclides, diagnostics with using radioactive nuclides and researches to be carried out to raise medical science in Armenia to a new level.”
This oncology center of excellence, he said, is planned to be launched in three stages and will initially be able to serve 500 to 1000 patients a year.
Speaking about hematology center, Muradyan said that repair of the head building will be completed and construction of another building with a stem cell laboratory and a bone marrow transplantation unit will be launched this year.
It is planned to allocate $4.7 million under various grant programs for building the centre, and $150,000 for retraining specialists.
The Armenian Excellence Center, which is estimated to cost $12.4 million, is designed to provide ultra modern and advanced diagnosis services as well as treatment. It will also serve as a center for science, professional training, entrepreneurship and innovations.
The center is being established on the basis of the nuclear physics potential existing in Armenia for training and retraining a new generation of medical and technical specialists.
The modern oncology center is being established in Armenia on the initiative of the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia in accordance with the mutual understanding memorandum signed between the Foundation and Belgium’s Global Medical Solutions.
The centre will receive equipment worth €2.5 million and technical assistance as part of cooperation with Belgium’s IBA company.
According to official statistical reports, 2,700 people become disabled in Armenia every year because of cancer and the country’s economy sustains losses exceeding AMD 75 million every year because of that.
Some 32,000 cancer-stricken people are receiving follow-up treatment in Armenia now. --0---
