YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 1-27, compared with the same period of the previous year, the number of population's visits to Yerevan polyclinics increased by 47%, home calls by 24%, laboratory-instrumental examinations by 51%. Armen Soghoyan, Head of the Health and Social Security Department of Yerevan Mayor's Office, informed about it at the January 30 press conference. According to him, in 2005, compared with the previous year, the number of visits to polyclinics increased by 14%, home calls by 19.5%. A.Soghoyan mentioned that 14 bln 344 mln drams (about 31.87 mln USD) has been allocated this year for the primary medical aid, which is more by 15% compared with 2005. The goal of increase of state financing is to make the medical aid affordable for the population, so as diagnostics of diseases at the early stage and prevention of further complications will be possible. The head of the department mentioned that within the framework of the state order narrow medical examinations can be only implemented with the permit of district therapeutists, pediatricians and family doctors.

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