YEREVAN. - Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan expects leading clinics to take an efficient part in transmitting their culture to provinces, as well as introduction of electronic healthcare.

He said the aforementioned at the discussion of the reports on the work carried out by state agencies in 2016 and the priorities for next year.

Minister of Healthcare Levon Altunyan, for his part, reported on the work carried out within the framework of the program “Modernization of Healthcare System,” the Government press-service informed Armenian News – NEWS.am.

According to him, the Meghri multi-profile medical center along with 5 rural medical centers were put into commission. Besides, the construction of the Sevan hospital building kicked off. Moreover, Yolyan Haemotological Center was equipped with modern technology.

In Altunyan’s words, the priorities for the year 2017 will include the ensurance of quality and availability of medical services, improvement of government order mechanisms, introduction of international standards in the pharmaceutical sphere, introduction of international practice in the sphere of patient registration, as well as promotion of healthy lifestyle.    

The Premier, for his part, noted that he expects good results from the healthcare workers, considering that this year 85 billion AMD will be directed to the sphere. He also added that this is not much but good results can be achieved also by that funding.