YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Healthcare Minister Derenik Dumanyan held a consultation Tuesday with his deputy ministers, and heads of the Ministry’s structural and separate departments, the Ministry informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

The Ministry officials presented to the Minister the current matters and tasks in relation to their domains.

In his turn, Derenik Dumanyan highlighted that since the weekend traffic at the country’s busy highways is extremely congested due to summer, it is necessary to set out an ambulance service duty at those highways, in order to respond quickly to emergency incidents and provide emergency medical care.      

Consequently, the Ministry’s respective department was instructed to organize these activities. 

First and foremost, the Minister instructed for an ambulance duty—on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays—at several sectors of the Yerevan-Sevan Highway.