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    ARMENIAN HEALTH MINISTRY CANNOT ORGANIZE PROVISION OF FREE INSULIN TO HEALTH CENTERS, AN EXPERT THINKS

    ArmInfo
    2011-01-27 17:23:00

    ArmInfo. The Armenian Health Ministry cannot organize provision of
    free insulin and other medicaments for diabetics to health centers,
    endocrinologist Bamine Baghramyan, Deputy Director of the Yerevan
    Medical Center, said at today's press conference.

    She pointed out that the obligations of provision and distribution
    of medicaments within the frames of the government order are carried
    out by the Armenian Health Ministry. The disorderliness was mostly
    displayed in 2010, when 2-3 months of delay were fixed.

    "The diabetics can stand in a queue for several hours and then hear
    about the lack of the necessary medicaments", Baghramyan said. She
    added that the health centers receive insufficient quantity of
    medicaments to provide all the patients with. "1.5 years ago I worked
    at a health center, I had 1500 diabetics who needed pills. At the same
    time, I received about 60 packages with 60 pills in each", she said.

    She added that the official data of the statistics, according to
    which there are about 2 thsd diabetics in Armenia, have nothing to
    do with the reality. "About 6 thsd diabetics are registered in the
    polyclinic No19 alone", she said.

    A woman, who wished to remain anonymous, told ArmInfo correspondent
    that she has been receiving medicaments for her father at one of the
    Yerevan polyclinics for many years. "I have to stand in a queue from
    7 am, while the doctors' work starts at 10 am. If everything goes
    right, my turn will be at about 11 am. I receive the prescription
    from the doctor, go to the chief therapist, who is to put the stamp,
    and then go to the chief nurse, who gives me the medicaments. Here
    also I have to stand in a queue for hours and receive the medicaments
    only by 1 pm", she said. According to the woman, all the patients
    strive to receive the medicaments on the day the polyclinic receives;
    otherwise they may remain without any medicaments at all.

    She added that the prescribed medicaments are not always available, so
    sometimes patients are offered substitutes. "Here the choice is yours:
    you can agree or refuse to take the substitutes", she said and added
    that such lawlessness is observed not at all the polyclinics. "For
    instance, I know a polyclinic where the primary care physician tells
    the patients in advance that the polyclinic has received the necessary
    medicaments. At other polyclinics only the prescription is given to the
    patients, and the medicaments are provided at the drugstore", she said.

    Unfortunately, it was impossible to receive the official comment of
    the Health Ministry, as the Press Secretary of the Ministry Shushan
    Hunanyan was at consultations from 3 pm till the end of the work
    shift. However, it was already senseless to call at 5:40 pm: no one
    replied to the telephone call.




    From: A. Papazian
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