MEETING TO ADDRESS HEALTH AID.Byline: Daily News GLENDALE - Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system. will host a community forum on the state of health in Armenia on Thursday to discuss ongoing medical and dental projects in the country. The minister of health for the Republic of Armenia will give the audience an update on health care in Armenia and participants will also discuss the evolution and status of nursing in the country. ``We want to better organize aid to Armenia and let the minister of health know that we're ready to serve and help the country,'' said John Krikorian, the event organizer. Over the years, local Armenian health care specialists have provided their services to Armenia, performing surgeries, donating equipment, conducting training and creating programs for mammograms and bone-marrow procedures to address health care needs. Krikorian cited an alarming death rate among children under age 5 in Armenia, with a large number dying because of lack of immunization immunization: see immunity; vaccination. and because of water contamination in outlying out·ly·ing adj. Relatively distant or remote from a center or middle: outlying regions. outlying Adjective far away from the main area Adj. 1. villages. ``We want people to become aware of the needs,'' Krikorian said. ``I think Americans on a whole are humanitarians. Why do we care about Iraq, what's happening in Liberia? We want to help improve living conditions living conditions npl → condiciones fpl de vida living conditions npl → conditions fpl de vie living conditions living for all people.'' The forum will be held at 7 p.m. in the main auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. of Glendale Adventist Medical Center at 1509 Wilson Terrace. |
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