YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2006 January-September, medical services of 1 bln 799 mln drams (about 4.1 mln USD) were rendered within the framework of state order at hospitals and services of 2 bln drams at polyclinics within the jurisdiction of Yerevan Mayor's Office. As Deputy Yerevan Mayor Kamo Areyan said at the October 30 press conference, during the above mentioned months the number of population's visits to district doctors made 435368, which exceeds the index of the same period of 2005 by 23.4%. 548656 visits to narrow specialists were registered (growth 42%). The number of instrument examinations also increased by 42% in the same period. In K.Areyan's words, in January-September, 18362 people received free treatment at 4 clinics within the jurisdiction of Yerevan Mayor's Office and 7013 people received paid treatment. 6241 people were operated on, which exceeds last year's index by 12%. K.Areyan said that the number of ambulance calls also increased: 106558 calls were registered in 2005 January-September, whereas their number was 114 thousand in the 9 months of this year. Yerevan Deputy Mayor reported that 35 brigades of Ambulance CJSC show first aid to Yerevan population. K.Areyan said that company's 35 cars are not enough to immediately respond to the calls and currently some steps are being taken to increase their number. Besides, it is planned to introduce a new communication system to the service.

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