ARMAVIR, MAY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. A mobile ocular hospital created on the initiative of American Armenian benefactor Roger Hovhannisian and professor Malayan will function in Armavir up to May 27. As Asatur Hovsepian, Coordinating Doctor of the mobile ocular hospital, said in his talk to Noyan Tapan correspondent, the goal of the mobile hospital is to take the high-end ocular technology to the regions and to provide free medical aid to the patients. It is already the second time the mobile hospital visits Armavir: first it rendered free medical service 3 years ago. It is mainly the region's needy citizens and pensioners that are rendered free medical assistance. According to A.Hovsepian, this time the number of the patients is bigger, which, probably, is conditioned by their bad financial position. Medical assistance is provided here by the doctors of the respective departments of Ocular Center after Malayan, Yerevan hospitals N 8 and N 1. The patients call this charity program a salvation of their eyesight. It was envisaged to implement this program as far back as in the 80-90-s but the hospital moved from the U.S. to Armenia only in 2002 and the first stage of charity medical service started from 2003 July.

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