Lawyer sounds the alarm: Medical corruption in Armenia is costing   patients their  lives

ArmInfo. Medical corruption in Armenia has become extremely dangerous, with patients  dying instead of recovering. Lawyer Zaruhi Postanjyan warns about this on her Facebook page. Postanjyan has submitted a report on the crime to the Prosecutor General of Armenia, the Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Committee and the Human Rights Defender.

According to her, corruption take place when government  representatives provide unlawful advantages, particularly, to private  medical institutions. After reviewing the documents, Postanjyan found  that the management of Wigmore Clinic CJSC, the Ministry of Health of  Armenia and the Health and Labor Inspectorate had collectively  engaged in  illegal actions that could lead to criminal charges under  the Criminal Code of Armenia.

The lawyer said that the Ministry of Health of Armenia had granted  Wigmore Clinic CJSC numerous unlimited licenses for providing medical  care and services. "Over the past two years,  the clinic received  unlimited licenses for complex surgeries signed by Vahe Aleksanyan,  the head of the licensing agency of the Ministry of Health,"  Postanjyan said.

She also pointed out that the clinic lacked the appropriate medical  personnel to perform this type of surgery, and intensive care unit  with necessary  equipment for postoperative care. As a result,  a  patient died several months ago  due to a surgical procedure  performed by a doctor who worked there without a contract  and  improper postoperative treatment. In light of this, she demanded that  criminal proceedings be initiated and a decision be made to initiate  public criminal prosecution against at least the director of Wigmore  Clinic CJSC, Zaven Koloyan, and the head of the licensing agency of  the Ministry of Health, Vahe Aleksanyan.