STEPANAKERT, MAY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. On 15 May President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan handed the "Gratitude" medal to Ara Babloyan, chairman of the permanent commission on the issues of health care, maternity and childhood of the Armenian National Assembly and manager of the Armenian National Institute of Health Care Derenik Doumanyan. According to the central information department of the office of the Artsakh Republic President, the physicians received those medal for services shown to the Artsakh Republic in the development of health care. Bako Sahakyan expressed hope that they will continue their assistance directed to raising working efficiency of the system. Minister of health care of the Artsakh Republic Armen Khachatryan partook at the meeting.

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