Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 28 / Trend , A.Husyenbala/
Member of the Azerbaijani Parliament proposed to allocate special funds from the public budget for the treatment of children with heart disease.
"There are about 12,000 children with heart disease in Azerbaijan, and most parents are unable to treat them as the treatment of this disease is very expensive," MP Ganira Pashayeva said at the parliamentary meeting.
She said the cost of operation of a child suffering from heart disease in Azerbaijan is 5,000-10,000 manat.
"Poor families cannot pay this amount. And yet these children are in urgent need of surgery," said the parliamentarian.
According to Pashayeva, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Mehriban Aliyeva has assisted in the treatment of hundreds of children suffering from heart disease.
"But this is not enough. However, if the government allocates some funds from the public budget, such operations will be available in Azerbaijan," said Pashayeva.
Speaker Oqtay Asadov reminded that the 2010 public budget will be discussed at the parliament soon and asked the parliamentarian to resubmit the issue to the agenda.
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