December 8, 2009 - 18:58 AMT
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund rebuilds Noyemberyan Regional Hospital
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is rebuilding the Noyemberyan Regional Hospital, in Armenia's Tavush Region. Although the hospital is in a deplorable condition, it continues to admit patients throughout Tavush and the neighboring Lori region - some 1400 people annually.

The hospital is about 185km from Yerevan and some 5km from the Azerbaijani border. To keep the hospital, and namely, the emergency, delivery and surgery wards working, renovation works are carried out in one half of the building, to start with.

The initiative is co-sponsored by the fund's German, Swiss, Australian, and Lebanese affiliates. Additional in-kind support, in the form of medical equipment, will be provided by the Union of Armenian Physicians and Healthcare Professionals of Germany.

Proceeds from the concert held in Germany, Cologne, as well part of the funds raised in the result of the Phoneathon 2009 are directed towards the reconstruction of this hospital, which is of
strategic importance to the region.