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YOUNG MAN WAS DRAFTED WITH SERIOUS DISEASE
Suzan Simonyan
Lragir.am News
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society23640.html
17:27:28 - 05/10/2011
Meruzhan Harutiunyan of Yerevan who has been called up to army a few
months ago is already "based" at the military hospital on Muratsan
Street. It seems that he has been drafted for an endless medical
examination rather than for military service. It had begun even before
the draft.
After going round hospitals for 6 months, with a diagnosis of an
incurable disease of his left knee, he was drafted to Martakert, NKR.
The commander of the battalion noticed that Meruzhan walks with
difficulty. "I can't understand why they send sick guys to Karabakh.
Then they will say that they get disabilities in Karabakh," the
commander told his mother. He advised him to write a letter to
the minister of defense Seyran Ohanyan. Meruzhan's mother, Rita
Harutiunyan, had no experience and did not know that she would never
meet Seyran Ohanyan. For 5 months, she travelled from one edge of the
city to another, wasting a lot of time and money, but could not even
meet with the head of the medical department Parsadanyan, let alone
the minister. Finally, someone told her that the best place to meet
the minister is the Government where he goes every Thursday.
She did so. The police did not allow her to approach the minister
on the first Thursday. But next time Rita was able to speak to the
minister and explain to him that his son was drafted with a serious
disease and asked them to at least provide him with treatment. The
minister saw to it, and two days Meruzhan was taken to the military
hospital. He was treated there for one month and sent him back to
the military unit. He travelled between the military unit and the
hospital for four times.
As her son was getting worse from these trips between Yerevan and
Martakert, Rita Harutiunyan again went to the government building and
asked the minister to listen to her. The minister listened to her,
and on April 7, 2011 the doctors performed surgery on his knee and
found that the meniscus was torn.
On that day, the minister made a great gift to the poor woman. He
ordered to transfer Meruzhan from Martakert to Masis, which is a small
town near Yerevan. However, the dean of the office of orthopedics and
traumatology of the Medical University, Professor Charchyan hindered
it. He said there is no place in Armenia, and they will take her son
to Gyumri. The children of rich people are in Yerevan, there is no
place for my kid, Rita Harutiunyan says.
In Gyumri, Meruzhan's knee got worse and he was taken back to Yerevan.
He had surgery and was soon sent back with his leg unable to move. Now
he is in the military unit. He spends his military service lying in
bed or sitting, and waiting for the next council of doctors. We made
an inquiry with the spokesman of the ministry of defense but Davit
Karapetyan did not answer our phone calls. Perhaps he has nothing
to say.
From: A. Papazian
Suzan Simonyan
Lragir.am News
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society23640.html
17:27:28 - 05/10/2011
Meruzhan Harutiunyan of Yerevan who has been called up to army a few
months ago is already "based" at the military hospital on Muratsan
Street. It seems that he has been drafted for an endless medical
examination rather than for military service. It had begun even before
the draft.
After going round hospitals for 6 months, with a diagnosis of an
incurable disease of his left knee, he was drafted to Martakert, NKR.
The commander of the battalion noticed that Meruzhan walks with
difficulty. "I can't understand why they send sick guys to Karabakh.
Then they will say that they get disabilities in Karabakh," the
commander told his mother. He advised him to write a letter to
the minister of defense Seyran Ohanyan. Meruzhan's mother, Rita
Harutiunyan, had no experience and did not know that she would never
meet Seyran Ohanyan. For 5 months, she travelled from one edge of the
city to another, wasting a lot of time and money, but could not even
meet with the head of the medical department Parsadanyan, let alone
the minister. Finally, someone told her that the best place to meet
the minister is the Government where he goes every Thursday.
She did so. The police did not allow her to approach the minister
on the first Thursday. But next time Rita was able to speak to the
minister and explain to him that his son was drafted with a serious
disease and asked them to at least provide him with treatment. The
minister saw to it, and two days Meruzhan was taken to the military
hospital. He was treated there for one month and sent him back to
the military unit. He travelled between the military unit and the
hospital for four times.
As her son was getting worse from these trips between Yerevan and
Martakert, Rita Harutiunyan again went to the government building and
asked the minister to listen to her. The minister listened to her,
and on April 7, 2011 the doctors performed surgery on his knee and
found that the meniscus was torn.
On that day, the minister made a great gift to the poor woman. He
ordered to transfer Meruzhan from Martakert to Masis, which is a small
town near Yerevan. However, the dean of the office of orthopedics and
traumatology of the Medical University, Professor Charchyan hindered
it. He said there is no place in Armenia, and they will take her son
to Gyumri. The children of rich people are in Yerevan, there is no
place for my kid, Rita Harutiunyan says.
In Gyumri, Meruzhan's knee got worse and he was taken back to Yerevan.
He had surgery and was soon sent back with his leg unable to move. Now
he is in the military unit. He spends his military service lying in
bed or sitting, and waiting for the next council of doctors. We made
an inquiry with the spokesman of the ministry of defense but Davit
Karapetyan did not answer our phone calls. Perhaps he has nothing
to say.
From: A. Papazian