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    ArmenPress
    May 4 2004

    BURNS SUPPER HELPS SAVE LIVES OF PREMATURE ARMENIAN CHILDREN

    YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS: On Thursday 6 May at 10.30 the British
    Ambassador, Miss Thorda Abbott-Watt, and Mr. Mads Beyer, Country
    Director of Mission East, will present a Baby Incubator to Tsaghik
    Vardanian, Director of Agarak Hospital and Polyclinic. The British
    Ambassador will visit Kapan on 5 May to meet the Marzpet and tour the
    Kapan Mountainous Enrichment Plant. She will also meet the Mayors of
    Meghri and Agarak.
    Guests at the Burns Supper, organized by the British Embassy at
    the Marriott Hotel Armenia on 24 January, raised US$10,000 in a
    charity auction to pay for the incubator. The initiative to provide
    the hospital with a baby incubator came from Mr. Mads Beyer, Country
    Director of Mission East an international humanitarian organization
    which has been implementing primary health care projects in Syunik
    Marz since 1997.
    The charity auction was generously supported by British
    Mediterranean Airways, Hovnanian International, HSBC, the Armenian
    Tourist Development Agency, Tufenkian Ltd, the Marriott Hotel
    Armenia, the Diamond Company of Armenia, the Yerevan Brandy Factory,
    Dolmama's and many other local companies.
    This is the first incubator in the region. It will help save the
    lives of premature babies by providing a controlled environment for
    special medical care. Of the 140 babies born every year in the
    region, 5 - 10 need an incubator and special care to help them to
    survive.
    The British Ambassador said: having spent my first days in an
    incubator, it is a privilege to contribute towards giving others the
    same opportunity.
    Mads Beyer said: it is a great pleasure to be able to provide this
    additional support. We know that Mrs. Vardanian and her staff will
    make the most of the new incubator to the benefit of the entire
    Meghri region."
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