Remember the August 29 Hetq story (Destitute Breast Cancer Patient Stripped of Medical Pension) about cancer patient Ofik Evoyan and her struggle with the Lori Medical Examing Board regarding her disability pension?

Arman Daghbashyan, who heads the committee, had argued that the woman is sick but not disabled and took away her $33 monthly pension.

Well it seems that the woman’s case came to the attention of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs who issued a directive to review the matter.

Present at the review were Ofik Evoyan; Lara Paremouzyan, the Hetq reporter who wrote the original article; Harutyun Mikayelyan, an oncologist at the Alaverdi Medical Center; A. Pazikyan, who heads the Polyclinic Department at the National Oncology Center; and officials from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

To make a long story short, this new administrative review has reaffirmed the original finding – that Mrs. Evoyan’s past medical history in no way hinders her physically and thus she is not eligible to be registered as “disabled.”