Wounded soldier's family waits for Seyran Ohanyan to keep his promise
Ruben Arakelyan, one of the Armenian servicemen wounded during the four-day April war in Karabakh, will soon be transferred to Germany for further treatment. The 19-year-old soldier was wounded during the clashes in Talish. He got spinal cord injury and was transferred to the Erebuni medical centre in Yerevan where he has undergone several operations ever since. The family needs €90.000 for Ruben’s treatment in Germany. “We have collected part of the money and need €43 000. Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan has promised to transfer the sum to Ruben’s account. We are grateful to Mr Ohanyan, his wife Ruzanna Khachatryan and Ministry of Health. I also want to thank the head of Jrvezh community, Robert Petrosyan, who has been supporting the family both financially and morally from the very beginning,” said Narine Tumanyan, a relative of Ruben. She says Ruben is 'in a good mood.' “He is able to move one of his hands but he cannot move the other hand and his legs. We take him out for a walk twice a day,” she added. “The Ministry of Health is currently preparing the necessary papers. The family is now waiting for Minister Ohanyan to keep his promise and transfer the promised sum. Once the money is transferred, the Ministry will be able to solve the issue of visas and send them to Germany,” said Anahit Bakhshyan, a member of the Public Council.
