BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. A conference dedicated to the Armenian-Belgian medical cooperation took place on October 16 in the hall of the Royal Academy of Science of Belgium, within the framework of the events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the independence of Armenia. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign Ministry's Press and Information Department, numerous famous doctors-scientists participated in the conference organized by the Embassy of Armenia to Belgium and the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium. Ambassador of Armenia Vigen Chitechian and J.Fruhling, the Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, made welcome speeches. An agreement on cooperation with some medical institutions of Brussels was got during the conference. Reference: The Armenian-Belgian medical cooperation started just after the 1988 earthquake, when Belgian doctors were among the first ones to show assistance to population of the disaster zone. The Neuphrologie Armenie-Vlandeeren organization was founded on that basis. Belgian doctors visit Armenia few times a year till now, implement surgeries and pass their experience to Armenian young doctors who, owing to the NAV, get possibility to undergo training in Belgian hospitals.

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