Readers will remember the tragic story three and a half year-old Artashes Setrakyan, the apparent victim of medical malpractice.

On January 1, 2011, three and a half year-old Artashes Setrakyan was rushed to the Armavir Medical Center. The young boy was diagnosed with acute laryngotracheitis and was transferred to the Surb Astvatzamayr in Yerevan the next day. After 4 days in a coma, Artashes died in hospital.

In the end, the criminal case against the physicians was dropped by the Armavir Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

On March 2, Aram Hovsepyan, a presiding judge at the Armavir Regional Court, overturned the dropping of criminal charges after reviewing the petition of the boy’s parents.

In it decision, the court found that the prosecutor’s arguments for dropping the criminal charges were insufficient given the seriousness of the crime.