YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. "I help children irrespective of their religion and nationality." Well-known pediatrician Leonid Roshal, Chairman of RF Public Chamber's Commission on Healthcare Issues, who arrived in Armenia at the invitation of the Medical Chamber NGO on December 16, said at the press conference held the same day. In his words, all social and medical problems should be first of all solved for children, including disabled ones. L.Roshal provided medical aid to children who appeared in emergency situations, suffered from natural calamities and terrorist acts throughout the world. He was in Armenia after the 1988 earthquake and in the years of Karabakh war he provided assistance to both Armenian and Azerbaijani children. At several countries' suggestion L.Roshal's candidature was offered to Nobel Prize. As RA NAS Academician Emil Gabrielian said at the press conference held the same day, the Armenian doctors also support L.Roshal's candidature and will come up with the respective mediation. "He deserves this great prize for such large-sale, huge work in medicine and for his humanism," E.Gabrielian said. Within the framework of the visit L.Roshal also visited Yerevan Brandy Company and Nairi medical center.

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