YEREVAN, APRIL 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The prime minister Tigran Sargsian on April 21 presented the re-appointed minister Harutyun Qushkian to the staff of the RA ministry of health. He described H. Qushkian as an expert in his field who enjoys confidence of the specialists, and everybody appreciates his professional and organizational abilities. All this, according to T. Sargsian, will allow the minister to solve problems of the health sphere. The prime minister said that one of the ambitious priorities of the health care sector is to make Armenia a regional health center. In his opinion, in order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to introduce the best standards in the sector without copying exprerience of developed countries. "We should introduce the standards the developed countries are striving to achieve," T. Sargsian stated. One of the preconditions to become a health center is to create an opportunity for specialists to undergo training at the best medical institutions of the world.

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