ArmInfo. In the budget of 2016, Armenia's healthcare sector allocated 89 billion AMD, for which 65 programs were implemented.
Meanwhile, RA Minister of Health Levon Altunyan said at the budgetary hearings in the parliament, 260 billion AMD would be needed to implement the full range of programs, while budget financing amounted to only 35% of this amount.
3.3 billion of these funds went to purchase various drugs, including insulin. 10.9 billion AMD were sent to ambulatory services. About 3 billion AMD were spent on financing the emergency medical service," the minister said, noting that during the reporting year, the ambulance service carried out 466,000 trips.
40 billion AMD were allocated for the financing of hospital services. In the reporting year, 40,359 babies were born in Armenia. Also, under the state order, 5,700 operations were performed to stent the heart vessels. Another 1.2 billion was spent on the treatment of cancer patients.
