LOS ANGELES, YEREVAN—With more than 35 volunteer medical professionals, Armenia Fund and Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) wrapped up a successful week-long medical mission to the Noyemberyan Hospital, located in Armenia’s northeast Tavush region.
The medical mission is a result of the special partnership between Armenia Fund and Glendale Adventist Medical Center with the aim of establishing a sister hospital relationship with the Noyemberyan Hospital.
The purpose of the visit, which occurred between October 17 and 23, was to offer free medical services and surgeries to the residents of Noyemberyan and the surrounding 30 villages. It also provided the opportunity for physicians, surgeons, nurses and medical professionals from Glendale to lay the foundation of this long-term partnership. In May of this year, GAMC and Armenia Fund leadership visited the Noyemberyan Hospital for a needs assessment as well as to help plan the mission.
Led by GAMC President and CEO Kevin Roberts, the 31 member medical team from Glendale performed 35 surgeries, including maxillofacial, varicose-vein, gallbladder-removal, and hernia procedures. The magnitude and scale of a mission like this had never occurred in Armenia’s modern history, especially in a rural, borderline hospital. The GAMC surgical team, composed of 3 surgeons, 2 anesthesiologists, surgical nurses, scrub techs, and a biomedical engineer were working long hours in completing operations.
“As physicians, we went to Armenia to help people who are marginalized and lacking resources,â€
