"Smile" medical project launched in ArmeniaJune 23, 2009 - 20:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - From June 20 till July 3, Armenia is implementing "Smile" medical project. 50-55 children and adults with such congenital disorders as cleft lip and cleft palate will undergo free rehabilitation surgery in Armenia, NKR and Javahk.The program is implemented by "Smile" international organization in cooperation with RA Ministry of Health, "Arabkir" medical complex, "Arm in Arm" NGO (NKR), State Medical University, Armenian Evangelical, Gafestchyan Family and Hope for Town foundations, as well as benefactors Arthur Ispiryan and Madeleine Minasyan-Ispiryan. During the upcoming 5 years, children and adults with cleft lip and palate will undergo surgery within project frameworks. In 2009, 55 individuals will benefit from the project. "Those children, like all others, are born beautiful, but to make their beauty perfect they need an operation. Thanks to the surgery, whey will acquire the ability of smiling and finding new friends and new opportunities," RA Deputy Health Minister Tatul Hakobyan said. "We hope cooperation will continue in future, and the project will become on-going," he added. Within project frameworks, a group of doctors from foreign countries will deliver lectures aimed at exchanging experience and raising qualification. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |