ArmInfo. Fund "Yerevan State Medical University named after Mkhitar Heratsi" will acquire CJSC "Mikaelyan Institute of Surgery". The decision on this was taken at a government meeting on February 15.
The program, as the Minister of Education of Armenia Levon Mkrtchyan stated, is aimed at the development of the medical university. According to the minister, medical education is quite competitive today. Medical University. Mkhitar Heratsi, as the main educational institution, has already managed to fix certain heights - currently every fourth student of the university is a foreign citizen (from about 30 countries). "A clinic center with new buildings and a hostel complex will be formed on the basis of CJSC" Mikaelyan Institute of Surgery ", the head of the Ministry of Education pointed out. According to the document justifying the document, the Fund plans to purchase 90.5% of the shares (152,808 ordinary shares, each with a par value of 1,000 drams) for 2.5 billion drams (about $ 5.2 million). As a result of the transaction, the company's building and facilities with a territory of 32 thousand square meters will be transferred to the university, which, with the additional investment of $ 4 million, will double the areas for educational, scientific, clinical and other purposes. "Thus, by making capital investments in the amount of 4.5-5 billion drams, the University will receive production areas of 59 thousand square meters, which will be used to expand scientific and educational and hospital activities," the draft decision says.