I have just finished reading a book called Archeology of Madness- Komitas by Rita Soulahian Kuyumjian which I found interesting considering I knew nothing about his life (excuse my ignorance).
Time to give an update on my flat saga as I�m trying to change the Title Deed from business to residential. A colleague helped me draft a letter of application for above and was delivered at the Municipal Council a few days ago. I was told to come back in a few days to see what department my application had ended up in. This morning I went and was told that they had to come and look at my place to ensure it is indeed a place of residence. I thought fair enough let�s go seeing it was only across the road. After seeing my place, the guy says well now he has to apply to another department who will again come and see my place and see if it is suitable for residence. My response was that the whole building is residential and has been so for a long time, what on earth is he talking about? Anyway my guess is that this operation is going to take quite sometime, I�ll keep you informed.
This morning I also met up with a guy from a village, I apologise to all but another sad story. The background to this story is that when my sister visited in August last year, she hired a taxi driver off the street to take her places outside of Yerevan. This taxi driver has a sick child with a heart problem (this is not the same guy I logged about last week). Of course my sister wanted to help this guy out with operation costs etc since the guy owns basically nothing. Since August I have been trying to get to the bottom of this, since I�m following this through for my sister and she�s trying to raise some funds from Sydney for the operation.
Today finally things came to fruition. Up until now I had requested this guy obtain a letter from his Doctor to state the illness of the child as well as the cost of the operation. Without this document I was not willing to assist him. I had even offered to personally go with him to the Doctor and speak to him face to face but was told by him that Doctors here don�t issue such letters. After umpteenth phone calls to this guy who lives in a village with no phone access, I have been dealing through his mother in law, I finally met him today. Of course again he let me down with no letter from his Doctor. With encouragement from a work colleague I decided to call the Doctor myself. I thought what would be the chances that this Doctor would speak to me considering the patient- doctor confidentiality.
To my surprise the Doctor explained the whole situation to me. I was told that the seven-year-old kid does not need an operation at this stage. He is checked twice a year at this hospital and his condition is not debilitating but he does have a problem with his aorta. Unless there is inflammation in the affected area, the operation will not be performed until the child grows a little older. The reason for this is because if a mechanical valve is placed now, it will need to be replaced in a few years and in his opinion it is not necessary to do so at this stage. I then asked the cost of the operation if and when it is required and was quoted the following. For the operation the cost would be $2500 US; with blood transfusion $2800; an extra $500 for the mechanical valve. Now that I have passed on this information to my sister it is entirely her decision as to what steps she wants to take next.
Time to give an update on my flat saga as I�m trying to change the Title Deed from business to residential. A colleague helped me draft a letter of application for above and was delivered at the Municipal Council a few days ago. I was told to come back in a few days to see what department my application had ended up in. This morning I went and was told that they had to come and look at my place to ensure it is indeed a place of residence. I thought fair enough let�s go seeing it was only across the road. After seeing my place, the guy says well now he has to apply to another department who will again come and see my place and see if it is suitable for residence. My response was that the whole building is residential and has been so for a long time, what on earth is he talking about? Anyway my guess is that this operation is going to take quite sometime, I�ll keep you informed.
This morning I also met up with a guy from a village, I apologise to all but another sad story. The background to this story is that when my sister visited in August last year, she hired a taxi driver off the street to take her places outside of Yerevan. This taxi driver has a sick child with a heart problem (this is not the same guy I logged about last week). Of course my sister wanted to help this guy out with operation costs etc since the guy owns basically nothing. Since August I have been trying to get to the bottom of this, since I�m following this through for my sister and she�s trying to raise some funds from Sydney for the operation.
Today finally things came to fruition. Up until now I had requested this guy obtain a letter from his Doctor to state the illness of the child as well as the cost of the operation. Without this document I was not willing to assist him. I had even offered to personally go with him to the Doctor and speak to him face to face but was told by him that Doctors here don�t issue such letters. After umpteenth phone calls to this guy who lives in a village with no phone access, I have been dealing through his mother in law, I finally met him today. Of course again he let me down with no letter from his Doctor. With encouragement from a work colleague I decided to call the Doctor myself. I thought what would be the chances that this Doctor would speak to me considering the patient- doctor confidentiality.
To my surprise the Doctor explained the whole situation to me. I was told that the seven-year-old kid does not need an operation at this stage. He is checked twice a year at this hospital and his condition is not debilitating but he does have a problem with his aorta. Unless there is inflammation in the affected area, the operation will not be performed until the child grows a little older. The reason for this is because if a mechanical valve is placed now, it will need to be replaced in a few years and in his opinion it is not necessary to do so at this stage. I then asked the cost of the operation if and when it is required and was quoted the following. For the operation the cost would be $2500 US; with blood transfusion $2800; an extra $500 for the mechanical valve. Now that I have passed on this information to my sister it is entirely her decision as to what steps she wants to take next.
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