ArmInfo. Head of the "My Step" faction, Lilit Makunts, stated that the issue related to the closure of regional maternity hospitals in Armenia was not discussed in the faction. Makunts said this on January 15 in an interview with reporters.
Nevertheless, the head of the faction stated that she intends to meet with the Minister of Healthcare of Armenia Arsen Torosyan and discuss this issue with him, as well as to figure out which policy he chose and for what purpose.
To note, by the decision of the Ministry of Healthcare it was planned to close the "ineffective" maternity hospitals and departments in Maralik (Shirak region), Yeghvard (Kotayk region) and a number of other communities. However, after the adoption of this decision, a wave of protests arose, for two days the residents of Maralik and Yeghvard held protests.