President Serzh Sargsyan’s working visit to Tavush Marz

As part of his working visit to the Tavush Marz, President Serzh Sargsyan attended today the opening ceremony of a newly-built hospital in Berd. Armenia’s president had familiarized himself with the construction and modernization works of this medical institution during his visit to the Tavush border settlements on April 5 last year.

Accompanied by healthcare officials, representatives of the World Bank and local authorities, Serzh Sargsyan toured the newly-opened medical institution, familiarized himself with the works done and the qualified medical conditions, and talked to the medical staff.

Berd Medical Center CJSC was established by the RA government decree N1911-N of 12.11.2006 to optimize the healthcare system in the RA marzes, according to which Berd Polyclinic and Berd Hospital CJSCs were merged. It was planned to locate the ambulatory service and the administrative section in the subsidiary building of infectious diseases, while all the hospital services in the polyconic building. As a result of the works, the medical center has been reorganized into an establishment offering mainly intensive and urgent medical services.

During the tour, the president was presented that under a World Bank loan project, the Berd Medical Center’s two-floor polyclinic building and one-floor building of infectious diseases (around 1700 sq. m) were reconstructed and an adjacent structure (900 sq. m) was built. As part of modernization, the two buildings’ roof covers have been fully replaced, the partitions have been reconstructed, a new medical elevator has been installed, and all the internal engineering infrastructures have been upgraded. A new boiler-house has been built next to the building of infectious deceases and the electrical sub-station has been fully renovated. The center’s surroundings have also been improved, including asphalting, installation of outdoor lighting etc. The Berd Medical Center has been saturated with modern medical equipment, medical furniture and accessories. A total of 940.2 million-dram investments have been made. The modernized center will give the population of the Berd region the opportunity to receive qualified, affordable and up-to-date medical services in close vicinity to their settlements.

Afterwards, Serzh Sargsyan left Berd for another border settlement, Verin Karmir Aghbyur, where Armenia’s president attended the opening ceremony of a nursery designed for 80 children. Previously, children living in Verin Karmir Aghbyur had been attending a wooden kinder garden built back in 1923. The construction of the new kinder garden building started in 1991 and was left unfinished. The new kinder garden has been reconstructed on the foundation of that unfinished building. The construction works were initiated by the president on 12.09.2013 and finished on 30.03.2015. Their costs amounted to 119.8 million drams. The kinder garden has been saturated with property being worth 5.2 million drams, including two-floor beds, tables, chairs, wardrobes etc. Prior to its reconstruction, the kinder garden was attended by 35 children. As a result of the reconstruction, 71 children will attend this pre-school institution. At present, the kinder garden has nine employees with a 65,000 average salary. Three more employees are expected to be engaged.

President Serzh Sargsyan visited the workshop of Tavush Textile in the Tavush Choratan village and familiarized himself with its running operations, educational-launch processes, as well as with the company’s development projects.

Tavush Textile LLC was founded on 16.02.2015 in Choratan village by Russia-based businessman SurenYeritsyan. The company plans to produce multi-purpose gloves, i.e. agricultural, construction, anti-freeze and anti-corrosion. To organize production, two decrepit cattle sheds had been acquired. Presently, the total space of the one-floor reconstructed workshop is 2000 sq. m. The construction works started on 15.03.2015 and finished 15.07.2015. According to the company’s executives, products will be exported to the RF and Belarus. At present, daily production capacity comprises 16,000 pairs of gloves. Already 50 jobs have been created in Choratan with an average monthly salary of 100,000 drams. Presently, one more workshop is being reconstructed in the village with a total space of 2000 sq. m. The construction works started on 15.06.2015 and are expected to finish on 30.11.2015. After the reconstruction works, the workshop will employ another 100 employees. According to the head of the company, running at its full power will allow the company to employ up to 250 employees with an average monthly salary of 100,000 drams.

« In the upcoming five years, Tavush Textile plans to create a total of around 2000 jobs and make about 40 million us dollar investments, out of which around five million will be made during 2015-2016. Already 2.5 million USD equivalent of AMD has been made to this end. The company also plans to open new branches in the marz villages of Artsvaberd, Aygedzor, Koghb, Paravakar and in the town of Berd.

Armenia’s president wished the company success in its current activities and upcoming development projects.

After visiting the workshop, President Serzh Sargsyan also talked to dwellers of Choratan village.