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Registration of Nagorno-Karabakh refugees in Armenia completed- government
... administrations outside Yerevan. In Yerevan they should apply to the administrative districts, Prime Minister's spokeswoman Nazeli Baghdasaryan said at a press briefing on Monday. She said also that a total of 28,861 refugees have been registered with Armenia's outpatient clinics. According to Baghdasaryan, 198 refugees are still being treated in Armenian medical institutions "The condition of 44 of them is grave, 10 of them are extremely grave. Another 19 patients have been transported to foreign clinics,...
10/16/2023All outpatient clinics in Armenia provided with measles vaccines-minister of health
... in Armenia are provided with measles vaccines, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said today. YEREVAN, March 6. /ARKA/. All outpatient clinics in Armenia are provided with measles vaccines, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said today. "One or two ... ... have come into contact with infected people should receive the vaccine within 72 hours. Other citizens may also apply for the vaccination. According to Avanesyan, about 400 vaccinations against the disease have been performed in recent days. According ...
03/06/2023Armenian health minister touts advantages of universal health insurance system
... special tax that will cover the cost of surgeries and other essential medical services According to the minister, the gradual introduction of health insurance system will involve drastic improvement of the quality and accessibility of services provided by outpatient clinics, which are free. ‘Experience, including that of other countries, shows that health insurance system is effective if the primary health care link has the capacity to undertake the main burden,’ she said. Avanesyan added that the ...
02/15/2023Armenian government adopts health system development strategy for 2023-2026
... ‘Basically, thanks to capital investments, in the next two or three years we will achieve a higher quality of services at all medical centers," Avanesyan said. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan added that by 2026 the country must have no medical centers, outpatient clinics in poor condition. --0--
02/09/2023Armenian health ministry plans to extend working hours of polyclinics
... Minister of Health, said at a press conference today. Currently local polyclinics work from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. According to the deputy minister, the final decision has not been made yet, but the plan is to change the hours so that working patients can attend outpatient clinics from 8:00. ‘Preliminary, we plan to set the working hours of medical facilities from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.," he said. He specified that now doctors' working hours last 6 hours and 36 minutes a day, and those hours will not change....
12/28/2022Twenty rural outpatient clinics and 10 regional clinics to be renovated in Armenia in 2023
Twenty rural outpatient clinics and 10 polyclinics in provincial centers in Armenia will be renovated in 2023, Deputy Minister of Healthcare Armen Nazaryan said at a press conference. YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/ Twenty rural outpatient clinics and 10 polyclinics ...
12/28/2022Shortage of equipment, doctors, and infrastructure: ministry of health identifies key problems
.... According to her, the burden on hospitals should be reduced and the main flow of patients should be redirected to the primary healthcare system, because 'it offers much more professional, convenient and affordable methods of treatment. "Rural outpatient clinics and regional urban polyclinics have problems with buildings and equipment. Of course, over the last 2 years we have replenished equipment in polyclinics, but it's not enough," she pointed out. She said next year the ministry will ...
12/13/2022Twelve new medical centers under construction in Armenia–minister
... She said next year's budget earmarks funds for improving the outpatient medical centers. Next year, she said, about 20 rural outpatient clinics will be renovated and re-equipped. The minister said also that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus ... ... and will have periods of activation during the year," she said. She stressed that today a Pfizer vaccine is available for vaccination against COVID-19 "In the process (of vaccination) some drugs are running out, new ones are coming in. We are ...
10/06/2022Armenia’s health ministry to focus on introduction of compulsory health insurance in 2022
... ensure that the primary healthcare unit is strengthened, the smooth introduction of the compulsory insurance system will be very difficult," she explained. In this context, Avanesyan added that for this purpose, over the next 1-2 years in- and outpatient clinics will be the focus of the ministry in terms of capital expenditures, the oversight of the quality of medical services, provided by them and also changes in funding mechanisms. According to her, an important component of this reform is ...
01/24/2022Minister: some 711,000 people in Armenia received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine
... the fight against coronavirus," she stressed. Avanesyan informed that booster vaccination continues with as many as 800 people having received the third shot. "Vaccines are available to our citizens, and we encourage them to contact either outpatient clinics or mobile vaccination centers for the third, auxiliary dose after 6 months of the full vaccination," the minister said. In Armenia, 5 types of Covid-19 vaccines are used now- CoronaVac and Sinopharm (China), AstraZeneca (Britain, Sweden), Sputnik V (Russia) ...
12/30/2021Armenia receives 187,200 dozes of AztraZeneca vaccines from Belgium as gift
.... YEREVAN, September 6. /ARKA/. Armenia has received another batch of 187,200 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as a gift from Belgium, the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Health reported. The imported batch will soon be available at outpatient clinics and mobile vaccination centers across the country. Since the beginning of the mass Covid-19 vaccination in Armenia on April 13, some 303,325 coronavirus vaccine shots have been administered as of September 5, 2021, Armenia’s Ministry of Health said today. It said ...
09/06/2021Armenia expects supply of new type of Covid-19 vaccines
... vaccines used in Armenia now are free and available for people over 18, including foreigners. Avanesyan said that the Ministry of Health does everything to ensure that vaccine supplies are replenished on time, and that medical centers, polyclinics, outpatient clinics, mobile centers are ready to vaccinate a large number of citizens. Under Armenian health minister’s decision announced in late August, starting from October 1, 2021, employees of many public and private sector who refuse vaccination against Covid-19 will have to take coronavirus tests twice a month at their own expense. The decision was prompted by a steady rise in the number of new cases of coronavirus detected daily. According to the health ministry, only fully vaccinated ...
09/06/2021Sinovac vaccines are already available to Armenian citizens
Armenian Health Ministry said today that vaccination with the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine against coronavirus has begun in the country for people over the age of 18. YEREVAN, May 24. /ARKA/. Armenian Health Ministry said today that vaccination with the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine against coronavirus has begun in the country for people over the age of 18. The Yerevan Municipality said citizens can get the jabs at outpatient clinics in the city. Sinovac is the third Covid-19 vaccine administered by Armenian health authorities along with AstraZeneca and Russian Sputnik-V. According to the ministry, since the start of mass vaccination on April 13, as many as 26,562 ...
05/24/2021Armenian health ministry announced rise in acute respiratory infections
... years - 1.4 times, among those aged 30-34 - 1.3 times and among citizens over 65 - 1.6 times. In this regard, the Ministry of Health pointed out the importance of vaccination against ARI, especially in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. "Vaccination is the best and most effective means of preventing seasonal flu; it can be done in outpatient clinics," the ministry said in a statement. -0-
12/08/2020US to provide additional $1 million to Armenia to fight against Covid-19, ambassador says
... severe cases of coronavirus in Armenia. She emphasized that over the past 20 years the Government of United States has provided about $106 million to Armenia to improve the quality and accessibility of the health care system and the development of rural outpatient clinics. The ambassador did not rule out that part of the financing for other assistance programs for Armenia may be redirected to fight against the pandemic in the total amount of $ 1.6 million. "These funds will be used to provide grants ...
05/21/2020Hundreds of Armenian citizens who tested positive for coronavirus, but have no symptoms or have mild ones, will be sent home from isolation places
... while citizens with new diagnoses will not be isolated in hotels or hospitals, Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan said today. In a Facebook video streaming the minister told employees of the primary health care system, city polyclinics, as well as rural outpatient clinics and health centers, that they will have to supervise these citizens at their homes. The minister said this change is due to two circumstances. The first is the growing number of citizens, who test positive for Covid-19, and the second ...
05/19/2020Peak of season acute respiratory diseases subsiding in Armenia
The peak of season acute respiratory diseases is already subsiding in Armenia, the press office of the country's health ministry reported on Thursday. According to the report, the number of visits to outpatient clinics as well as emergency ambulance calls have significantly decreased. YEREVAN, March 5. /ARKA/. The peak of season acute respiratory diseases is already subsiding in Armenia, the press office of the country's health ministry ...
03/05/2020Number of people who affected with acute respiratory viruses growing in Armenia
... were not allowed to attend schools in Yerevan, and 1,171 in provinces. The press office says that epidemic control over acute respiratory diseases continues, and the results of the monitoring show that the number of ill people is growing. Reports from outpatient clinics and hospitals as well as emergency ambulance calls give grounds for thinking so. The ministry says results of laboratory examinations show that А H1N1 and B as well as other viruses and infections are widespread in the country. -0---
02/11/2020Yerevan budget to amount to AMD 107 billion in 2020 - municipality
... draft budget for relocation of people living in dangerously dilapidated houses and 1.5 billion is intended for improvement of backyards. It is also planned to increase salaries of municipal music, arts and sport schools and repair and equip properly outpatient clinics . ($1- AMD 477.22). --0----
11/12/2019Yerevan outpatient clinics provided with vaccines for prevention of season flu - ministry
Yerevan's all outpatient clinics are already provided with vaccines against season flue, the press office of the Armenian health ministry reported on Thursday. The ministry warns that people of the categories mentioned below should undergo vaccination. YEREVAN, November 8. /ARKA/. Yerevan's all outpatient clinics are already provided with vaccines against season flue, the press office of the Armenian health ministry reported on Thursday. The ministry warns that people of the categories mentioned below should undergo vaccination. The vulnerable ...
11/08/2019China donates 200 ambulances to Armenia
... will have intensive care ambulances. As a result, there will be no need to call such ambulances from Yerevan. The minister said also that several of the currently operated ambulances will be handed to penitentiary institutions and many more to rural outpatient clinics for ensuring outpatient visits. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed gratitude to the Chinese government for donation saying it once again underscores the high level of Armenian-Chinese relations. “I am confident that the level ...
08/30/2018Salaries of outpatient clinics’ personnel to be increased by redistributing inside financial resources - minister
Salaries of outpatient clinics’ personnel will be raised through redistribution of the inside financial resources, Armenian Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan told journalists on Tuesday. YEREVAN, July 18. /ARKA/. Salaries of outpatient clinics’ personnel ...
07/18/2018Salary of Armenian medical workers to rise by 15%
... August 2018, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said on his Facebook page. He said the additional money, required to fund the rise is about 700 million drams. ‘The rise will apply to about 10,000 doctors and mid-level health workers in polyclinics and outpatient clinics," he said. Torosyan urged the medical workers to justify the trust of the ministry and citizens by raising the quality of medical services. He said serious reforms must be carried out in the primary healthcare system, in particular,...
07/13/2018Armenian health minister calls for reorganization of healthcare system
... should be modernized and reorganized through the creation of a competitive environment, adoption of legal acts or through other means. For example, if we allow family doctors to register their offices and receive patients, they can replace the system of outpatient clinics," the minister told reporters today after a Cabinet session. Torosyan explained that he did not mean the closure of outpatient clinics , but the formation of a competitive environment. According to him, it is also necessary to ...
05/24/2018Hospitals and сlinics in Armenia will be provided with internet and subsidies to introduce e-health system
... decided to release 203.1 million drams for full or partial subsidization of payments for connection to the e-health system of medical institutions, which offer government-financed medical services. Health minister Levon Altunyan noted that inpatient and outpatient clinics and hospitals in border regions will be provided with 100% subsidies. Hospitals in Yerevan and provinces with annual turnout of 100 million drams offering government-financed services will get 70% subsidies to cover their relevant expenses....
03/15/2018Armenian healthcare ministry denies information that hospitals overcrowded by H3-infected children
... children hospitals are overcrowded because of a flu outbreak. Anahit Haytayan, press secretary of the ministry, told Novosti-Armenia that there is nothing like that – jus the number of visits to hospitals increased a little over the last two days because outpatient clinics were closed for the weekend. Earlier, epidemiologists said H3 virus had penetrated into Armenia’s territory from Europe, Georgia and Russia and that it may mutate later. --0---
11/22/2016Armenia’s health minister says there is no swine flu epidemic
... minister asked the education and science minister to prolong the school holidays for another week. The minister said the Tamiflu and other antiviral medicines will be provided free of charge by hospitals and out-patient clinics across the country. He said outpatient clinics will be working over the weekend as well. -0-
01/14/2016Armenian citizens to get free hypertension and diabetes tests
All Armenian citizens in the age from 35 to 68 will get an opportunity to be tested for diabetes and arterial hypertension in the outpatient clinics for free, the facebook page of Armenia’s ministry of health reported. YEREVAN, May 5. /ARKA/. All Armenian citizens in the age from 35 to 68 will get an opportunity to be tested for diabetes and arterial hypertension in the ...
05/05/2015Child outpatient clinics to provide duty doctor service at weekends amid flu spread
Instructed by the Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan all municipal child outpatient clinics will arrange for duty doctors at the weekend during the next two weeks, on March 21-22 and March 28-29, the municipality website reported. YEREVAN, March 18. /ARKA/. Instructed by the Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan all municipal ...
03/18/2015Armenia’s parliament passes amendments to public service pay law; pay to increase in 2014
... wage calculation scheme. Of it, only 1,000 are high-ranking officials. Pay increase will cover public servants in various sectors. In particular, wage fund of the ministry of emergencies staff will increase by 37%; funds for salaries of doctors in outpatient clinics will rise by more than 100%. The basic wage is about 66,000 drams (about $163) under the 2014 draft budget. The bill envisages also increase in salaries of parliament deputies and high-ranking officials of the national security council,...
12/10/2013Opening of outpatient clinics in Armenia’s Armavir attended by Premier
... included in the World Bank second program for modernization of Armenia’s public health sector. Under the 2006-2008 program, two doctors and four nurses were retrained to family doctors and nurses. A total of about 56 million drams was invested in the outpatient clinics of Hoktember village, including 51.7mln drams spent on construction and about 4.3mln drams spent for procurement of furniture and medical equipments.–0--
08/01/2013All tourists arriving in Armenia examined for swine flu
... arriving from the USA, Mexico, Spain and Germany. Armenian and Georgian foreign ministries are cooperating in resisting the swine flu, Torosyan said. Torosyan also said that newcomers are asked about their temporary residence and are registered in local outpatient clinics for seven days as the latent period of the disease is seven days. In speaking about possible introduction of restrictions on arrival of tourists in connection with the epidemic Torosyan pointed out that the World Health Organization ...
07/31/2009Social Expenditure Major Part of Armenia’s On-Budget Expenditures Next Year
... population will be involved, with only dental services to be free for certain population groups,” the Premier said. T. Sargsyan pointed out that the average monthly salary of medical personnel will be raised. Specifically, the salary of doctors in outpatient clinics will be raised up to 93,000 AMD against the current 77,000 AMD, and that of paramedical personnel up to 60,000 AMD against the current 49,000 AMD. Hospital doctors will receive 66,000 AMD against the current 51,000 AMD, and the paramedical ...
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