ArmInfo.Armenia will increase funding for heart operations by 194.5 million. The corresponding decision was made at a government meeting on November 9.
According to Healthcare Minister Levon Altunyan, it is proposed to increase the cost of heart surgery. "Compensation in the amount of 194,477 thousand AMD will be used to finance additional 220 operations," the minister said. Means, as the head of the Ministry of Health pointed out, were saved as a result of optimization of the sphere, within the framework of which a number of budgetary, inefficient programs was suspended.
Besides, according to Altunyan, work continues to reduce the cost of urgent heart operations. It is expected that in early December, the Ministry of Health will propose a new pricing formula, and a new price will be in effect from January.