Armenia has no mafia selling human organs, Health Minister of Armenia Derenik Dumanyan told journalists on Wednesday. "Nothing of the kind", he stressed.
To remind, earlier resident of Ashtarak Karapet Karapetyan accused some of the surgeons of Margaryan Hospital in Yerevan of selling human organs. In particular, the kidney of Karapetyan's wife was removed. However, according to the Health Ministry, an independent forensic medical examination conducted at Karapetyan's initiative in Germany has confirmed that the surgical interference was chosen correctly, and the given case belongs to the health complications,
not medical errors.
The Karapetyans were informed beforehand of the possible complications in case of the surgery, and this is confirmed by relevant documents. In addition, during the reparative surgery the spouses insisted on nephrectomy. The relevant records are in the medical documents. The claim on this case was rejected by the court
of general jurisdiction of Kentron-Nork-Marash administration districts because the accusations were unsubstantiated.