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  • Prime Healthcare Donates $2 Million Equipment to Armenia and Artsakh

    PRESS RELEASE
    United Armenian Fund
    1101 North Pacific Avenue, Suite 301
    Glendale, CA 91202
    Tel: (818) 241-8900


    April 28, 2014
    Contact: Harut Sassounian

    Prime Healthcare Donates $2 Million of Medical Equipment to Armenia
    and Artsakh United Armenian Fund (UAF) will distribute Donations

    Glendale, CA - Prime Healthcare Management, Inc, a division of Prime
    Healthcare Services, one of the largest hospital management companies
    in the U.S., has teamed up with the United Armenian Fund to deliver $2
    million of medical equipment to hospitals in Armenia and Artsakh.

    The donation includes hundreds of items including hospital beds,
    patient monitors, defibrillators, infusion pumps, feed pumps and a
    variety of life-saving and medical-necessity equipment.

    `This is the first delivery in a series of donations up to $5
    million,' said Michael Sarian, President of Hospital Operations at
    Prime Healthcare Management, Inc., an award-winning Hospital
    Management company that operates 26 hospitals across the U.S. `We are
    pleased to be able to provide much needed medical equipment to the
    people of Armenia and Artsakh.'

    Republic of Armenia Minister of Health Dr. Terenik Doumanian has
    formed a special committee to select and assign the medical equipment
    to appropriate hospitals. The initial donation includes three 40
    ft. shipping containers.

    The United Armenian Fund (UAF) is the collective effort of the
    Armenian General Benevolent Union, Armenian Missionary Association of
    America, Armenian Relief Society, Diocese of the Armenian Church of
    America and Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America. Since
    its inception in 1989, The UAF has sent $690 million of humanitarian
    assistance to Armenia via 158 airlifts and 2,168 sea containers

    Ontario, CA-based Prime Healthcare Services (www.primehealthcare.com),
    with a motto of `Saving Hospitals, Saving Jobs and Saving Lives,' is
    one of the largest hospital companies in the nation.

    Prime Healthcare was recognized as one of the `Top 15 Health Systems'
    in the nation in 2013, based on quality of healthcare and patient
    satisfaction. It is the third time in five years it has been
    recognized. In 2014, eight Prime Healthcare hospitals were ranked
    among the `100 Top Hospitals' in the nation by Truven Health Analytics
    (formerly Thomson Reuters). Prime Healthcare hospitals have earned the
    award 27 times. In addition, 11 Prime Healthcare hospitals earned
    national recognition as `Top Performer on Key Quality Measures' in
    2013 from The Joint Commission, the leading Medicare accreditation
    organization in the country.

    Through their subsidiaries, Prime Healthcare Services and the
    non-profit Prime Healthcare Foundation have more than 30,000 employees
    and own and operate 25 hospitals: Alvarado Hospital Medical Center,
    Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Chino Valley Medical Center, Desert
    Valley Hospital, Encino Hospital Medical Center, Garden Grove Hospital
    Medical Center, Huntington Beach Hospital, La Palma Intercommunity
    Hospital, Montclair Hospital Medical Center, Paradise Valley Hospital,
    San Dimas Community Hospital, Shasta Regional Medical Center, Sherman
    Oaks Hospital and West Anaheim Medical Center -- in California;
    Providence Medical Center and Saint John Hospital -- in Kansas; Saint
    Mary's Regional Medical Center - in Nevada; Lower Bucks Hospital and
    Roxborough Memorial Hospital -- in Pennsylvania; Landmark Medical
    Center and Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island - in Rhode Island;
    Dallas Medical Center, Harlingen Medical Center, Knapp Medical Center
    and Pampa Regional Medical Center - in Texas.




    From: A. Papazian
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