YEREVAN, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Leading surgeons from the U.S., Germany, France, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Belarus, Georgia, the Ukraine and other countries take part in the 5th International Congress of Plastic, Aesthetic and Rehabilitation Surgery being held on April 12-14 in Yerevan. The congress was organized by the Armenian Association of Plastic, Rehabilitation and Aesthetic Surgeons and the Russian surgeons' company of the same name. As RA Minister of Health Norayr Davidian mentioned, it is the first time an event of such kind is held in Armenia, which is evidence of the international recognition and high estimation of Armenian surgeons in this sphere. According to the Minister, plastic surgery is one of the developing directions of modern medicine. According to N.Davidian, the modern medicine with its humanitarian mission and universal importance is multi-national and does not admit any limits. According to him, such meetings and exchange of experience with well-known specialists from foreign countries will promote raising of professional skills of Armenian doctors, training of young specialists, as well as integration of the national medicine into the sphere of world medical science. According to RA First Lady Bella Kocharian, "it is difficult to imagine modern life without plastic surgery, as man's striving for perfection is limitless". According to her, the holding of the international congress in Armenia proves that the Armenian school of this sphere develops rapidly and enjoys the confidence of the respective international structures.

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