Much-needed MRI Machine for Armenia

Keghart.com Team Editorial, 20 September 2010


Some $300,000 was pledged for an MRI machine, to be donated to Armenia, at the gala fundraiser of the Armenian-Canadian Medical Association of Ontario (ACMAO) in Toronto on Sept. 11. Richard Muir and his Jericho Foundation donated $150,000 of that amount. The event featured guest speaker Dr. Raymond Damadian, the famed inventor of the MRI machine. The 360 attendees at the Canadian National Exhibition's Liberty Grand building included 50 young professionals, in addition to Armenians from a wide cross-section of the community.


At the top of the evening's agenda was to raise funds to purchase, transport and install an MRI machine with 1.5 Tesla (magnetic flux density) at the Arapgir Children’s Hospital in Yerevan. It will be the first and only one of this capacity in Armenia. It is anticipated that the advanced machine will be installed next spring.

Dr. Gevork Mnatzakanian, the MC of the evening, opened the gala by welcoming the audience. Dr. Avedis Bogosyan, president of the Armenian Medical International Committee (AMIC), extended the greetings of his group and underlined the important work ACMAO does in Artsakh and in Armenia.

ACMAO president Dr. Jack Sakarya delivered a brief and touching message, encouraging attendees to donate to the MRI fund. Dr. Berge Minassian reviewed the work ACMAO has done in Armenia and in Artsakh. He also presented a short video from Armenia, demonstrating the difference a cutting-edge MRI would make in diagnosing and treating patients.

Following Dr. Minassian's presentation, keynote speaker Dr. Damadian took to the podium. His wide-ranging speech included such topics as creationism and the Na-K (sodium-potassium) exchange within a cell whose investigation ultimately led to the invention of MRI. Through video clips and vivid images he demonstrated what goes on inside the body when a person is ailing. MRI, with its modern applications, not only sees through the coverings of the body (skin and bone, etc.), but also minute details within the target tissue. It can inspect the entire body. For example, it can find the origin or extent of the spread of cancer. The entire world has benefited from the invention. It's probably the most important contemporary medical discovery--and it's all the brainchild of the son of a Kayseretsi Armenian. Dr. Damadian's father was saved from the march to Der el-Zor--the "Killing Fields of the Armenian Genocide"-- by his brother in Boston who sent money to bribe the Turkish gendarmes to sell him to a Turk who delivered Damadian's father to American missionaries.

Dr. Damadian's speech was followed by an auction. Articles included a wide variety of items, topping all was painter Armand Tatossian's "Serendipity" which has an estimated retail value of $22,000. As in previous ACMAO's gala events, the fundraiser was a success deserving praise and congratulations.

We are all aware of the gloomy economic conditions in our homeland. We know about the structural problems and the dire state of health care delivery in Armenia. Let us complement the already-raised MRI purchase funds to cover expenses related to the training of technicians and radiology specialists who will operate the machine. The medical gift to our Hayastan is a cause worthy of your support and is tax deductible. It will make a substantial difference in health care delivery in Armenia. To donate to the fund, please visit ACMAO's website .

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Armenia quiere carne paraguaya

EMPRESARIOS RECIBIERON PROPUESTA
Armenia quiere carne paraguaya
Era abastecido por Argentina, pero con el problema del vecino país, buscan satisfacer su demanda en Paraguay.

La República de Armenia está interesada en importar carne paraguaya, luego de que Argentina, su principal proveedor, haya experimentado innumerables problemas para cumplir la necesidad de los armenios, según informó Marys Llorens, presidenta de la Cámara Paraguaya de la Carne (CPC).

Actualmente, Armenia no está habilitado para las exportaciones de proteína roja proveniente desde Paraguay, por ende la empresaria anunció que raídamente solicitará al Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Salud Animal (Senacsa) para que se inicie el proceso para los envíos de carne a este nuevo potencial mercado.

La República de Armenia es un país eurasiático, sin salida al mar, ubicado en el Cáucaso meridional. Comparte frontera al oeste con Turquía, al norte con Georgia, al este con Azerbaiyán e Irán, y al sur con el enclave azerí de Najicheván.

Por otra parte, Egipto, luego de que haya cesado su demanda por la carne paraguaya, -por el coletazo del problema del frigorífico Carpe Diem-, está nuevamente con interés de comprar carne nacional, por ende iniciará próximamente las inspecciones de las industrias y los establecimientos ganaderos para las renegociaciones.

En conferencia de prensa, realizada en el local de la Asociación Rural del Paraguay (ARP), brindada por el Senacsa, la CPC y la ARP, se realizó un resumen sobre los objetivos que fueron cumplidos en París, Francia, por motivo del desarrollo de la 78ª edición de la Organización Mundial de Sanidad Animal (OIE).

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Russian President says he is proud of his Armenian parents and ancestors.

This afternoon during the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) press conference a Russian journalist to RIA Novosti asked Russian President Dmitry Medvedev if he has Jewish ancestry?

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev replied that the rumors about his Jewish ancestry are inaccurate. He added that his ancestors are from Adana (Western Armenia in Turkey now) but he was born in Russia. He added in "I want everyone to be clear that I am Armenian, surname of my mother was Naxshikyan what the word Naxshik comes oudarmeens. The surname of my father was Bagratyan.

This name is also purely Armenian. I was forced to change name to be head of Russian secret service (KGB) in France to work the cold war times.

Since France had large Armenian community should not Arms Irish secret service agent working in France. That I have an Armenian surname changed to Russian. I am 100% Armenian.

Finally the Russian President says he is proud of his Armenian parents and ancestors.




Corresponsal: Kevork Keskiskian

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