On June 20, AMAA Life Member Dr. Chris Tashjian visited the Central Military Hospital of the Republic of Armenia (RA). He was joined by Harout Nercessian, AMAA’s representative in Armenia; fellow philanthropists Dr. Vartkes and Mary Najarian; Davit Tonoyan, the deputy minister of the Republic of Armenia’s Defense Ministry; A. Abreamov, the first deputy chief of the General Staff; Colonel A. Asadouryan, the chief of the Clinic of the Central Military Hospital; and Ruzanna Khatchaturyan, the president of the Armenian Association of Military Doctors and wife of the RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan.
The Central Military Hospital of the RA, located in Yerevan, provides advanced healthcare to servicemen and their families. All guests promised that donations of medical equipment to the Military Hospital would continue.
Tashjian had secured the transport of electronically controlled beds and medical equipment (valued at $300,000) to Armenia, while the AMAA saw that the beds and equipment were received and delivered to the hospital.The group viewed various departments in the hospital, checked the newly donated beds and equipment, and spoke with military patients who are undergoing treatment there.
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Tashjian for his generosity. Is it possible to share information on the kind of “arrangements” Dr. Chris Tashjian made for the container shipment. I am asking because we are trying to arrange for a container of donated hospital equipment and beds to be shipped to Armenia, but the United Armenia Fund, who used to generously cover these expenses in the past, has told us that we have to pay US$ 4000 for this service now. We cannot afford to make the payment, and the donated equipment may now go to other needy hospitals in Africa.