Staff of Yerevan emergency hospital refused to admit Armenia Today news agency coordinator Argishti Kiviryan after the assault. The duty doctor said he can't accept the man because "the chief physician of the hospital is asleep."

After abortive requests to wake the chief physician up, the relatives took Kiviryan to Erebinu medical center where he was examined.

Informing the RA Ministry of Health of the outrageous behavior of the emergency hospital staff, the relatives were told that the "hospital is private."

Life of Armenian Today news agency coordinator Argishti Kiviryan was attempted last night.

Kiviryan was assaulted at 5 am near his house. Unknown beat him severely and took shots at him.

The medical examination showed that there no bullet wounds but he has serious bodily injuries. His health state is rated as grave. At the moment he is in the resuscitation department.

Details are not made public. Kiviryan's associates link the incident to his professional activity.