ArmInfo.Armenian Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan does not exclude that corruption still exists in the health sector. on May 13 at a meeting with journalists head of the Ministry of Healthcare said.
"If we are talking about illegal incomes in medical institutions and consider it as corruption, then yes, it is. I do not consider it as corruption; I consider it as illegal income, which should not be either. But this is illegal income anyway, which the doctor receives from the patient, a relative of the patient, " explained the Minister. At the same time, if we are talking about corruption in the state apparatus," then, according to Torosyan, the department headed by him is doing everything possible to ensure that this does not happen. "However, recent events at the Ministry showed that 100% of this has not yet succeeded. But our steps are being taken only in this direction," said Arsen Torosyan.
To recall, in March this year at the time of receiving the bribe, officers of the National Security Service of Armenia detained Armenian Deputy Minister of Healthcare Arsen Davtyan. This information was confirmed on Facebook by the Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan, explaining that his deputy was detained after the operational-search actions of the staff of the National Security Service of Armenia.