We have set the objective to support the establishment of a large blood transfusion station in Stepanakert.

This is what co-founder of “В�?ВА” (Врачи �? Волонтеры Армении) (Doctors and Volunteers for Armenia) charitable organization Tatiana Ohanesyan told “Artsakhpress”, adding that the organization has already received charitable donations and has found suppliers who are ready to provide Artsakh with the necessary equipment for minimum prices and as quickly as possible.

Touching upon the past and future charity healthcare programs for Artsakh, Ohanesyan informed that the organization supports the patients and doctors of Artsakh. “We have managed to provide $60,000 in medical assistance for the healthcare system in Artsakh. In addition, many doctors of our group have sent medical equipment to the doctors of Artsakh’s relevant medical institutions. In the future, we want to provide assistance for the preparation and training of professionals. We plan on hiring doctors and students and training them at different higher education institutions. I also see our organization participating in programs for support to rehabilitative programs that will provide our wounded soldiers taking rehabilitative courses with the opportunity to visit medical institutions and receive high-class rehabilitative treatment for two or three years.

Another major program is the support program for child patients who can’t receive on-site high-class treatment due to lack of funding or equipment. Of course, we would like to see the healthcare system so developed so that we could provide our children with medical treatment in Artsakh. We have managed to furbish six special rehabilitation chambers of the Republican Hospital of Stepanakert with adequate equipment, and several patients can be accommodated in those chambers. Those chambers can become surgery rooms very quickly. In addition, we have purchased and provided a prototype ultraviolent device that can be moved to remote villages for on-site checkups. We also help obtain the drugs that are quite expensive and can’t be found in Armenia,” co-founder of VIVA charity organization Tatiana Ohanesyan said.

According to her, the organization currently has hundreds of active members who continue to provide material and financial assistance for the implementation of healthcare programs in Artsakh.

“The main goal is to provide Diaspora Armenians with the opportunity to show support to the homeland. It might not be great, but it will give each Diaspora Armenian the chance to feel as an Armenian and keep national awareness strong. This time we are in Artsakh to understand what Artsakh needs and how we can help in the future,” Ohanesyan mentioned.