VivaCell-MTS, BirthLink continue assistance to maternity facilitiesJanuary 16, 2015 - 16:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian and Director of BirthLink Kathy Mellor visited the neonatal department at the Republican Institute of Reproductive Health, Perinatology, Obstetrics & Gynecology in Yerevan. The hospital has been supported by the BirthLink project since 2009. With more than 3,500 deliveries annually, the hospital receives women, who transported from provinces with pregnancy complications, to ensure safe delivery. The neonatal department is one of the busiest in Armenia, taking care of premature babies and infants with health problems. This year the hospital was provided with two intensive care unit cots along with additional equipment for the management of respiratory difficulties and an ultrasound scanner for monitoring babies brain growth and development in the first weeks after birth. “Newborns deserve our attention and dedication. We should not stay indifferent and leave alone the parents, doctors and the society with the alarming problem of high rate of child mortality,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian said. The project aims to ensure that each maternity facility has the right knowledge and equipment to help survival of the vulnerable newborns. In addition to the equipment provided, education, training and support for the medical staff continues are also organized. This is now the seventh year of cooperation between BirthLink and VivaCell-MTS The project was launched in 2008, and has supported twelve neonatal departments in Yerevan and twenty-three departments in seven regions of Armenia with about AMD 535 million support from VivaCell-MTS. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. EU still discussing funding Armenia through European Peace Facility Discussions continue in the EU on providing Armenia with funds from the European Peace Facility, Vassilis Maragos says. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |