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64-YEAR-OLD MAN CRIES FOR HELP
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/01/10/homeless/
10.01.13
Gevorg Asatryan, a 64-year-old man, has been homeless for ten years.
He has been living in the underground passage between Koryun and
Abovyan streets for the last six years.
He has turned to the relevant bodies for help in giving him room in
a nursing home.
"My parents died and I found myself outside. I want to be taken to
a nursing home or some other shelter," Gevorg Asatryan says.
He says he is not a drinker, and the local workers confirm his words.
Gevorg says he has never had any mental problems. But he told Tert.am
that he was discharged from the Nubarashen mental hospital 20 days
ago. He had fainted, and paramedics took him to the mental hospital.
"They kept me there for 40 days, and I returned 20 days ago," he says.
He does not receive a pension and says his passport is at the
Nubarashen mental hospital.
Marnela Vardanyan, one of the local residents, is indignant at such an
in human treatment of the homeless old man. She is more accusing the
"philanthropist oligarchs" than the relevant bodies. "I can help as
much as I can, but my earnest request that they pay attention to the
poor people," she says.
Artur Gevorgyan, a Yerevan Municipality official, informed Tert.am
that the Yerevan Municipality continues implementing its homeless
shelter program.
"We respond to any application and provide people with rooms at the
homeless shelter," he said.
Mr Gevorgyan promised help to Gevorg Asatryan.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/01/10/homeless/
10.01.13
Gevorg Asatryan, a 64-year-old man, has been homeless for ten years.
He has been living in the underground passage between Koryun and
Abovyan streets for the last six years.
He has turned to the relevant bodies for help in giving him room in
a nursing home.
"My parents died and I found myself outside. I want to be taken to
a nursing home or some other shelter," Gevorg Asatryan says.
He says he is not a drinker, and the local workers confirm his words.
Gevorg says he has never had any mental problems. But he told Tert.am
that he was discharged from the Nubarashen mental hospital 20 days
ago. He had fainted, and paramedics took him to the mental hospital.
"They kept me there for 40 days, and I returned 20 days ago," he says.
He does not receive a pension and says his passport is at the
Nubarashen mental hospital.
Marnela Vardanyan, one of the local residents, is indignant at such an
in human treatment of the homeless old man. She is more accusing the
"philanthropist oligarchs" than the relevant bodies. "I can help as
much as I can, but my earnest request that they pay attention to the
poor people," she says.
Artur Gevorgyan, a Yerevan Municipality official, informed Tert.am
that the Yerevan Municipality continues implementing its homeless
shelter program.
"We respond to any application and provide people with rooms at the
homeless shelter," he said.
Mr Gevorgyan promised help to Gevorg Asatryan.