Hripsime Hunanyan elected Chair of RA NA Committee on Healthcare

ArmInfo. Hripsime Hunanyan has been elected Chair of the National Assembly Committee on Healthcare. This was confirmed following the secret ballot held on  October 2.

As Narek Babayan, head of the RA NA Counting Commission, noted, 61  out of 107 MPs participated in the vote. Sixty-one MPs voted in favor  of the candidate. Thus, Hripsime Hunanyan has become the Chair of the  NA Committee on Healthcare.

Earlier, having thanked the Civil Contract faction for nominating her  candidacy, the newly elected Chairperson of the Committee addressed  several problems and gaps in the healthcare sector and outlined her  career. "Despite the existing challenges, we must not stand still and  improve our healthcare step by step.  We must create a new healthcare  culture, which is the key to maintaining health," the candidate  noted.

Hripsime Hunanyan also presented the healthcare reforms of recent  years and the existing challenges.  Regarding the implementation of  comprehensive health insurance, she noted that the relevant bill  would be submitted to the National Assembly in the near future, and  the commission would organize parliamentary hearings and working  discussions.