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Conference of military doctors kicks off in Yerevan
14:50 - 03.03.12
The Defense Ministry has opened a conference dedicated to military
medicine, its history and future development.
The meeting marks the series of events dedicated to the 20th
anniversary of the Armenian army. It is attended by National Assembly
Chairman Samvel Nikoyan, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, President of
the Yerkrapah Volunteers Union Manvel Grigoryan, and officers,
generals and doctors.
In his opening speech, Rector of the State Medical University Derenik
Dumanyan introduced the large-scale achievements in military medicine
in the past 18 years and spoke of their future plans.
`The development of military medicine went hand in hand with the
Armenian army's accomplishment. The Military-Medical Division was
established in 1992 as a subdivision of the Armenian army and
undertook the expansion of the military hospitals of Yerevan's central
garrison,' he said.
Dumanyan noted that 11,000 heroes fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh and
Armenia's border regions underwent different surgeries, and 8,900
returned to the battlefield.
`A military doctor takes an oath twice - as a soldier and as a
physician -, and that's a double honor, as well as a double
responsibility,' he said, adding that the army could not have come
into existence without military medicine.
Dumanyan noted that the Military-medical Department, which opened in
1994 (after the signing of the ceasefire accord between Armenia and
Azerbaijan), is now a serious and accomplished body.
Congratulating the participants once again on the 20th anniversary of
the national army, Minister Ohanyan attached a special importance to
the physician's role in army building efforts.
`Doctors' relationship with the army is unique. An Armenian medical
worker's involvement [in the military] is special in that he appeared
on the frontline with volunteers much before the army was built. They
all performed the difficult task with honor. Seventy percent of those
injured returned to the battlefield,' he noted.
Highly praising doctors' role in the military, the National Assembly
speaker said in his speech that they add to the power of the army.
`They were not specialized in military medicine in the war period, but
they did become a considerate commander for the soldier and an
obedient soldier for the commander. Some of them sacrificed their life
despite their mission to save lives,' he said.
Tert.am
14:50 - 03.03.12
The Defense Ministry has opened a conference dedicated to military
medicine, its history and future development.
The meeting marks the series of events dedicated to the 20th
anniversary of the Armenian army. It is attended by National Assembly
Chairman Samvel Nikoyan, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, President of
the Yerkrapah Volunteers Union Manvel Grigoryan, and officers,
generals and doctors.
In his opening speech, Rector of the State Medical University Derenik
Dumanyan introduced the large-scale achievements in military medicine
in the past 18 years and spoke of their future plans.
`The development of military medicine went hand in hand with the
Armenian army's accomplishment. The Military-Medical Division was
established in 1992 as a subdivision of the Armenian army and
undertook the expansion of the military hospitals of Yerevan's central
garrison,' he said.
Dumanyan noted that 11,000 heroes fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh and
Armenia's border regions underwent different surgeries, and 8,900
returned to the battlefield.
`A military doctor takes an oath twice - as a soldier and as a
physician -, and that's a double honor, as well as a double
responsibility,' he said, adding that the army could not have come
into existence without military medicine.
Dumanyan noted that the Military-medical Department, which opened in
1994 (after the signing of the ceasefire accord between Armenia and
Azerbaijan), is now a serious and accomplished body.
Congratulating the participants once again on the 20th anniversary of
the national army, Minister Ohanyan attached a special importance to
the physician's role in army building efforts.
`Doctors' relationship with the army is unique. An Armenian medical
worker's involvement [in the military] is special in that he appeared
on the frontline with volunteers much before the army was built. They
all performed the difficult task with honor. Seventy percent of those
injured returned to the battlefield,' he noted.
Highly praising doctors' role in the military, the National Assembly
speaker said in his speech that they add to the power of the army.
`They were not specialized in military medicine in the war period, but
they did become a considerate commander for the soldier and an
obedient soldier for the commander. Some of them sacrificed their life
despite their mission to save lives,' he said.
Tert.am