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630 FAMILY DOCTORS, NURSES NECESSARY FOR OPTIMAL MEDICAL SERVICES IN YEREVAN
ARKA
May 12, 2008
YEREVAN, May 12. /ARKA/. Yerevan's outpatient treatment system needs
some 630 family doctors and nurses to render optimal medical services
to population, said Armen Sogoyan, head of the healthcare and social
welfare department, Yerevan Municipality.
The institute of family doctors is expected to be introduced by 2009,
the Yerevan Municipality reports.
For the past three years, 344 outpatient physicians and 205 nurses
have been retrained as family medical staff in Yerevan, Sogoyan said.
At present, 42 physicians and 43 nurses attend retraining courses. Some
427 family doctors and 255 nurses will work both in independent groups
as family doctors and individually.
The World Bank (WB) has allocated $20mln for the establishment of
the institute of family doctors in Armenia. As part of the WB credit
program, Surb Grigor Lusavorich (St. Gregory the Illuminator) and
Surb Astvatsamayr (St. Mother of God) hospitals will be modernized
in Yerevan.
ARKA
May 12, 2008
YEREVAN, May 12. /ARKA/. Yerevan's outpatient treatment system needs
some 630 family doctors and nurses to render optimal medical services
to population, said Armen Sogoyan, head of the healthcare and social
welfare department, Yerevan Municipality.
The institute of family doctors is expected to be introduced by 2009,
the Yerevan Municipality reports.
For the past three years, 344 outpatient physicians and 205 nurses
have been retrained as family medical staff in Yerevan, Sogoyan said.
At present, 42 physicians and 43 nurses attend retraining courses. Some
427 family doctors and 255 nurses will work both in independent groups
as family doctors and individually.
The World Bank (WB) has allocated $20mln for the establishment of
the institute of family doctors in Armenia. As part of the WB credit
program, Surb Grigor Lusavorich (St. Gregory the Illuminator) and
Surb Astvatsamayr (St. Mother of God) hospitals will be modernized
in Yerevan.