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HOSPITAL FEES TO BE CUT IN HALF IN GYUMRI
tert.am
12.11.12
Minister of Health Derenik Dumanyan has called for cutting the medical
expenses in half in Armenia's second largest city.
Private hospitals are entitled to increase the prices for surgical
interventions and other services, but given that such fees are
inaccessible to the residents of Gyumri, the minister of health has
issued a decree for reducing the expenses by 50%, a spokesperson for
the Ministry, Anahit Harutyunyan, told Tert.am.
"But as regards the government funding to hospitals, no changes
were made in those procedures. It is now up to private hospitals to
decide whether to impose higher prices on plastic surgeries and other
interventions. It's their right, so we cannot interfere with their
price policies," she said.
The press earlier said that the prices for surgeries surged in several
medical institutions based on a Health Ministry decree. Commenting
on the report, Harutyunyan said that the Ministry has only approved
the list of cases requiring free medical assistance, as well as the
maximum and minimum costs of paid services.
tert.am
12.11.12
Minister of Health Derenik Dumanyan has called for cutting the medical
expenses in half in Armenia's second largest city.
Private hospitals are entitled to increase the prices for surgical
interventions and other services, but given that such fees are
inaccessible to the residents of Gyumri, the minister of health has
issued a decree for reducing the expenses by 50%, a spokesperson for
the Ministry, Anahit Harutyunyan, told Tert.am.
"But as regards the government funding to hospitals, no changes
were made in those procedures. It is now up to private hospitals to
decide whether to impose higher prices on plastic surgeries and other
interventions. It's their right, so we cannot interfere with their
price policies," she said.
The press earlier said that the prices for surgeries surged in several
medical institutions based on a Health Ministry decree. Commenting
on the report, Harutyunyan said that the Ministry has only approved
the list of cases requiring free medical assistance, as well as the
maximum and minimum costs of paid services.