{"id":264236,"date":"2015-04-11T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T06:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=264236"},"modified":"2015-04-11T10:59:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T06:59:59","slug":"paralyzed-ex-soldier-needs-money-to-undergo-treatment-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2015\/04\/11\/paralyzed-ex-soldier-needs-money-to-undergo-treatment-abroad.html","title":{"rendered":"Paralyzed Ex-Soldier Needs Funding For Treatment Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Ex-soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Grigor Yesayan, who got a disease of the central nervous system a month and a half after being drafted into military service in the fall of 2001, is undergoing medical examinations in Yerevan. Yesayan intends to send the results to Germany, where he wants to continue his treatment.&nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tYesayan said in an interview with Epress.am that medical exams in Armenia are being financed by the RA Ministry of Defense. However, the Ministry does not take upon itself to fund the ex-soldier&#39;s treatment abroad.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;The Defense Ministry is ready to cover the travel costs, while we&#39;ve opened a bank account to raise funds for the medical treatment. If the required amount is raised, I will be able to undergo treatment,&rdquo; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tYesayan has recently undergone magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine; a computed tomography (CT) scan of the head is scheduled for May. The MRI procedures showed a positive development; now he is awaiting the CT for further details, the ex-soldier said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAccording to Yesayan, he was healthy when he was drafted into the Army in 2001. About two months into his military service, however, he received food poisoning and was taken to a hospital in Djebrail, then &ndash; to Stepanakert, from where he was transferred by a helicopter to Erebouni Medical Centre in Yerevan on January 12, 2002. The young man was unable to return to service and was demobilized. He has been unable to walk since.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;A few soldiers from our military unit died in the hospital. They said that a commander was tried and sentenced to two years in prison. So what? I&#39;ve become disabled,&rdquo; Yesayan said.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>An account in the name of Grigor Yesayan&#39;s mother, Karine Yesayan, has been opened in VTB Bank (Armenia):<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>AMD 16036022384802<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>USD 16036022384803<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>EUR 16036022384804<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>RUR 16036022384805<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesayan has recently undergone magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine; a computed tomography (CT) scan of the head is scheduled for May. The MRI procedures showed a positive development; now he is awaiting the&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10329,15583,60771,13901,11083,18699],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}