The entire amount of the state funding in Armenia is available to those forcibly displaced from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh); it is provided to them by the state, with compensation and is free of charge. The Minister of Health of Armenia, Anahit Avanesyan, announced this during a press conference Friday—and regarding the reports that in many cases, these Artsakh citizens are asked for money for hospital services in Armenia.

"But we must also clearly state that there is a certain procedure for using these services. And a person must first register in an outpatient clinic chain, be recorded in an outpatient clinic or polyclinic, receive primary medical care there, and then, in case of need, receive hospital medical services through a doctor's referral. We already have 67,000 [Artsakh] citizens who are registered in the outpatient clinic chain [in Armenia]," added the health minister.

According to Avanesyan, during this period, 5,796 hospital medical care services by way of state funding were provided in Armenia to the Artsakh citizens.

"Does the scope of the state funding completely cover all the health needs of our citizens? "Sadly, no. And we need to clarify these amounts so that the expectations be correct as well," said the health minister of Armenia.