YEREVAN. – Well-known Armenian announcer and TV personality Mark Saghatelyan was urgently transferred to capital city Yerevan’s Nairi Medical Center on Tuesday.  

He was diagnosed with acute leukemia, he is in the reanimation ward, and is in critical situation, a Center representative informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to our information, Saghatelyan was to travel to Germany on Tuesday evening, to undergo a medical examination, but his trip is postponed due to his deteriorating health.   

To note, producer Grigor Nazaryan, and announcer and TV personality Mark Saghatelyan were involved in a car crash at a Yerevan intersection on June 22, 2012, at around 1:30am. An Opel and a Volkswagen had crashed for yet unknown reasons. As a result, Volkswagen’s driver Grigor Nazaryan, 41, and passenger Mark Saghatelyan, 41, had sustained injuries and were transferred to No. 1 University Clinic, and then to Mikayelyan Surgery Center. Subsequently, Saghatelyan was transferred to Erebuni Medical Center, where he was operated on his hip joint. No criminal case was launched.