For Immediate Release
September 28, 2009

ARMENIA FUND INITIATES RECONSTRUCTION OF NOYEMBERYAN HOSPITAL

NEW YORK, New York — In July of this year, Armenia Fund launched a major development project to rebuild the Noyemberyan Hospital, in Armenia’s Tavush region. The initiative is co-sponsored by the Fund’s German, Australian, Swiss, and Lebanese affiliates. Additional support, in the form of medical equipment, will be provided by the Union of Armenian Physicians and Healthcare Professionals of Germany.

Currently crews are working on the first phase of the reconstruction project, demolishing the existing building and laying the foundations of the future structure, which will comprise an area of 2,600 meters square. Slated to be completed in the fall of 2010, Armenia Fund’s ambitious initiative will result in an outstanding, state-of-the-art healthcare facility offering a broad range of medical services.

Armenia Fund initiates reconstruction of Noyemberyan hospital

“I think it’s wonderful that our compatriots in the Diaspora continue to make a concerted and decisive effort in helping secure the ongoing progress of our homeland, which hinges to a great degree on the physical health of the Armenian public,” said Ara Vardanian, executive director of Armenian Fund in Yerevan. “The reconstruction of the Noyemberyan Hospital is an important step toward that goal.”

Commenting on the project, Henrik Harutyunian, chief physician at the Noyemberyan Hospital, said that the facility serves some 1,400 individuals per year, admitting patients from not only Tavush but the neighboring Lori Region as well. Dr. Harutyunian added that the Noyemberyan Hospital has long been in a state of disrepair and the need for major renovations had reached a critical stage. “Thanks to Armenia Fund’s initiation of this project, we expect to have a first-class facility,” he said.

ABOUT ARMENIA FUND USA: Founded in 1992, Armenia Fund USA was one of the first of Armenia Fund’s 18 international affiliates and serves Armenians in the United States, east of the Mississippi. As a non-profit, non-governmental, nonsectarian organization, the Fund represents all Armenians. The Fund has adopted a policy to go “Beyond Bricks and Mortar” to provide sustainability for projects it sponsors.

To learn more about Armenia Fund USA, please visit our website at
www.ArmeniaFundUSA.org or call us at 212-689-5307.

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