FIRST LADY, DR. BELLA KOCHARIAN VISITS
THE ARS MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH AND BIRTHING CENTER
On
Wednesday, October 18, Armenia’s First Lady, Dr. Bella
Kocharian visited the ARS Mother and Child Health and
Birthing Center in Akhurian. This was Dr. Kocharian’s first
visit to the ARS center’s new maternity ward and recently
completed Radiology & Scanning Department.
Dr. Kocharian
was accompanied by ARS Armenia Chairperson Alvard Petrosian,
who is also a member of the Republic of Armenia’s National
Assembly, as well as ARS Armenia Regional Executive Board
members.
On the
occasion of Dr. Kocharian’s important visit, the ARS invited
representatives of various women’s and social service
organizations to be present, including Minister of Health
Norair Davtian; Armenia’s top cancer expert Dr. Sergey
Sayirian; ARF Supreme Council members Lilit Galstian and
Rouzan Arakelian; ARF Commission on Women’s Issues
Chairperson Maria Titizian; Shirak Province Governor Romik
Manukian; and ARS Central Executive Board member Karine
Hovhannisian.
The visit was
fully covered and broadcast on television and radio. All the
guests were deeply impressed and expressed their admiration
for the Health Center’s new additions. As a token of
appreciation, First Lady Kocharian presented the center with
a television set.
The Mother and
Child Health Center tour was followed by a visit to the
Psychological Center in Gyumri which recently inaugurated a
new wing built and subsidized by the Swiss “Armenianos”
Fund. Center director and noted psychologist Armine Gmuir-Karapetian
cooperates closely with the ARS Armenia Regional Executive
Board. Over the last few years, Gmuir-Karapetian has
provided expertise to the ARS Armenia on various in-depth
ARS studies devoted to psychological issues faced by various
segments of the population.
Dr. Kocharian
was visibly impressed by what she saw at both centers and
expressed her deep satisfaction for having the opportunity
to witness the ARS’s important work in Gyumri. In a parting
promise, the First Lady pledged to support all present and
future ARS programs.
Established in
1910, the ARS is the oldest Armenian women’s organization
with entities in 24 countries. To learn more about the ARS
and its programs, visit the ARS’s website at
www.ars1910.org
or call (617) 926-5892.
November 8, 2006