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Soldier Invetigation: Doctor arrested in case of conscript chickenpox death

Soldier Invetigation: Doctor arrested in case of conscript chickenpox death

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By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
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With varicella, if the person is older or has varicella pneumonia or encephalitis, the mortality rate can be VERY high. Even in young pediatric patients without some of these complications, the mortality rate can approach 1 in 10,000. Here we have a case of an older pediatric patient or young adult being stricken with the disease. Did the parents vaccinate against varicella? How can the docto...

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Lieutenant colonel Minas Mkrtchyan, Head of Neurology Department of the Armenian Military Hospital under the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, was arrested on Wednesday as a suspect in the criminal case on conscript Hayk Khachatryan, who died of chickenpox disease. Mkrtchyan is charged with “negligent medical treatment, causing serious damage.”

Khachatryan, 18, resident of Spandaryan village in Shirak province, died on December 30, 2011, in Nork Infection Hospital in Yerevan.

Movses Khachatryan, Hayk’s father, told ArmeniaNow that his family “is not satisfied with this arrest at all, and we will fight so that all those who are responsible for our son’s death get the punishment they deserve.”

The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Defense reports that the preliminary investigation of the criminal case continues.
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