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    PRESS RELEASE

    The Armenia Fund
    Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
    Contact: Hasmik Grigoryan
    Tel: +(3741) 56 01 06 ext. 105
    Fax: +(3741) 52 15 05
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.himnadram.org/

    06 March, 2008

    Armenia Fund USA Supplies New Medical Equipment to Armine Pagoumian
    Polyclinic in Stepanakert


    Yerevan, March 06, 2008 - The Armenia Fund is pleased to announce the
    Armenia Fund USA Eastern Coast Affiliate's delivery of a shipment of new
    medical supplies to the Armine Pagoumian Polyclinic in Stepanakert,
    Nagorno-Karabakh.


    NEW YORK, New York - Armenia Fund USA is pleased to announce the successful
    delivery of yet another shipment of new medical supplies - equipment, office
    and hygiene items - to the Armine Pagoumian Polyclinic in Stepanakert,
    Nagorno-Karabakh.


    The supplies, made possible by Project C.U.R.E. of Centennial, Colorado, and
    worth $464,779 were delivered through airlift and sea container by the
    United Armenian Fund, and distributed through Karabakh's Ministry of Health
    to the state-of-the-art Stepanakert polyclinic. The medical supplies and
    equipment are critical to the day-to-day operations of the Polyclinic and
    include urgently needed hygiene items and examination room equipment. While
    the items are donated, the shipping costs and logistics would have proven to
    be prohibitive without the United Armenian Fund's generosity in making the
    shipment and underwriting the cost.


    The Armine Pagoumian Polyclinic and Hirair Hovnanian Diagnostic Center is a
    bold initiative that was completed in March of 2006. Being the only
    state-of-the-art medical institution in Stepanakert, the center meets the
    out-patient needs of not only Stepanakert population, but also the villages
    and farther rural areas outside of the city. To ensure adequate healthcare
    service, the Fund also held medical staff and administrative support
    trainings.


    "We will work together to ensure the necessary maintenance work in our
    polyclinic", the newly appointed Executive Director Karine Atayan told the
    Armenia Fund working group visiting Karabakh within Project Condition Survey
    of Armenia Fund projects 2002-2007.


    According to Ms. Atayan, as of December 2007, over 83,815 people underwent
    general therapeutic treatment, 24,228 were screened and examined and 26,492
    had laboratory tests at the Polyclinic. "I believe good conditions in a
    medical institution are vital to the recovery of patients. It is more
    important though, that the Karabakh residents feel confident about the
    healthcare service delivered here. This is the reason the Fund also embarked
    on the full renovation of the Hadrut Regional Hospital which is due to be
    completed in mid 2008,' says Vahe Aghabegians, the executive director of
    Armenia Fund in Yerevan.



    About the United Armenian Fund: Founded in 1989 and based in Glendale, CA,
    the United Armenian Fund is the collective effort of the Armenian Assembly
    of America, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the Armenian Missionary
    Association of America, the Armenian Relief Society, the Diocese of the
    Armenian Church of America, the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of
    America and the Lincy Foundation. To date, the UAF has sponsored and
    prepared 145 Airlifts, 1,544 sea containers and delivered over $514 million
    of aid to Armenia. For more information, contact the UAF office at 1101
    North Pacific Avenue, Suite 204, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.


    About Project C.U.R.E.
    Project C.U.R.E. is the registered trademark of the Benevolent Healthcare
    Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, humanitarian relief organization that
    collects donated medical supplies and equipment and delivers them to
    developing countries. Currently, Project C.U.R.E. is the world's largest
    distributor of donated medical supplies and equipment to developing nations,
    working with more than 120 countries worldwide. Founded in 1987 to help meet
    the endless need for medical supplies and services in developing countries,
    Project C.U.R.E. is headquartered in Denver, Colo. Distribution centers are
    located at headquarters as well as in Phoenix, Ariz.; Nashville, Tenn.; and
    Houston, Texas. Project C.U.R.E. collection centers are located in
    Albuquerque, N.M.; Austin, Texas; Lexington, Ky.; Harrisburg, Pa.; and
    Sarasota, Fla. For more information, visit www.projectcure.org.


    About the Armine Pagoumian Polyclinic and Diagnostic Center: The Armine
    Pagoumian Polyclinic and Diagnostic Center was funded by a US businessman in
    memory of his aunt. The Polyclinic, one of the Fund's major initiatives, has
    created a strong, long-term quality/state-of-the-art outpatient healthcare
    center in the conflict-torn region of Nagorno-Karabakh. For more information
    about this project, contact Irina Lazarian at Armenia Fund USA.


    ABOUT ARMENIA FUND USA: Founded in 1992, Armenia Fund USA was one of the
    first of Armenia Fund's 19 international affiliates and serves Armenians in
    the United States, east of the Mississippi. As a non-profit,
    non-governmental, nonsectarian organization, the Fund represents all
    Armenians. The Fund has adopted a policy to go "Beyond Bricks and Mortar" to
    provide sustainability for projects it sponsors.


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    The Armenia Fund

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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