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Marine Madatyan

Dairy Producer Says Cows Are Dying; Accuses Hospital of Improper Trash Disposal

A parcel of land owned by AgroHolding Armenia, a diary producer, lies next to the Fridtjof Nansen Hospital in the town ofSpitak.

Company Director Arshavir Martikyan says that the cows feeding on grass harvested form the land have been dropping like flies.

He says that workers must first clear the land of any garbage and medical debris tossed out by hospital staffers.

“One prize milk   cow choked on plastic bags in the field,” said Martikyan, adding that he went to have a talk with the director at the hospital.

“He told me that they didn’t have the necessary condition fort the proper disposal of trash. I told him no problem. I figured that since he was our neighbor I’d give them a break. I even went and purchased to large trash receptacles for them to use. But the problem continued,” Martikyan recounted.

Hospital Director Arsen Mkrtchyan told Hetq that he was surprised to hear that AgroHolding was complaining about the trash issue.

“They should have come to me first instead of going to the press. I don’t get it,” said Mkrtchyan.

This conflicts with the statements of Martikyan, who claims that both he and the local company manager had talked to Mkrtchyan about the problem.

Director Mkrtchyan assured Hetq that the land in question was indeed clean. He said it was impossible that the site was dirty because hospital staff had cleaned it just a few days ago.

When I showed him photos of trash on the site, Mkrtchyan replied that “the wind had blown the garbage on the site. What can I do?”

Mkrtchyan even placed the blame on the patients staying at the hospital, arguing that they weren’t accustomed to properly disposing of their trash in the bins.

Agro Holding’s Martikyan said there was more dangerous trash than plastic bags lurking in the field’s grass.

He said this was medical refuse dumped by hospital staff – needles, syringes and drug bottles.

“We have land holdings throughoutArmenia. People are amazed at how clean they are kept. But look at this field. They’re doctors and should be the first to maintain sanitary conditions,” said a frustrated Martikyan.

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