YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The Armenian government will facilitate the transfer of children with serious health conditions from Gaza and organize the necessary medical care for them at Armenian healthcare facilities.
The Cabinet approved an additional 16.7 million drams ($46,000) in funding for the Ministry of Health for this purpose in late August.
According to the justification for the decision, the Ministry of Health has expressed its readiness and is currently working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Health Organization to transfer up to 10 children with serious health conditions from the Gaza Strip to Armenia and arrange the necessary medical care for them at Armenian healthcare facilities.
Following a preliminary assessment of the children’s health conditions, seven of the 11 patients considered were selected as candidates for treatment in Armenia. However, only three of the seven families agreed to the arrangement under which they would be hosted in Armenia with a maximum of one accompanying person.
News that the Armenian government was working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to organize the treatment of children from Gaza in Armenian hospitals was first made public at a UN Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East earlier this year.
