New medical center Astghik opened today in Yerevan, Armenia. According to Health Minister of Armenia Armen Muradyan, the MC provides new opportunities for development of the medical science, and it will create opportunities for new approaches in treatment and diagnosis.

The center, according to the minister, is equipped with modern equipment and is a new word in the healthcare system of Armenia.

"This center can claim to be a reference center," he noted.

According to the director of the new MC Asatur Asatryan, the hospital is built in accordance with European standards. It was designed by German architects and has a number of autonomous centralized systems: a system of centralized supply of all types of medical gases, centralized monitoring of computer systems for the intensive therapy and others.

The new center, according to the director, has various agreements with a number of European, American and Russian medical centers, and many doctors retraining programs will be organized in the nearest future.

"For me, every centimeter of this hospital is a source of pride. For me, all cured patients and their words of gratitude are a source of pride," Mr. Asatryan said.

Medical center "Astghik" - the successor of the clinic "Malatia," which was acquired by "Natali Pharm" (owned by businessman and MP Samvel Alexanyan) in 2010 for $3 million. Investments in the five years totaled $35 million, of which $30 million were invested in the construction of a new five-storey building and modernization of the old 11-storey building.

The center is designed for 130 beds and offers fully modernized surgical services, cardiac surgery service, intensive care and super-modern radiological equipment, such as MRI with capacity of 3 Tesla.