POST OF UNITED KINGDOM’S HEALTH MINISTER ENTRUSTED TO AN ARMENIAN DOCTOR
Noyan Tapan
Jul 6, 2007
LONDON, JULY 6, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. By the decision of the
Prime Minister of Great Britain, Gordon Brown, from the beginning of
the current week, the post of United Kingdom’s Minister of Health
has been entrusted to one of the country’s most renowned surgeons,
47-year-old Armenian Ara Darzi (Terzian).
(The State Secretary is considered the head of the healthcare
system in the British government: labourist Alan Johnson takes
that post. Minister’s post is equal to the post of other countries’
governments’ first vice-chairman).
According to Radio Liberty, Darzi was born in Baghdad, grew up
in Ireland.
He was awarded Knight’s title by Queen Elizabeth in December, 2002.
According to BBC, the Armenian doctor is known especially as a
supporter of non-traditional surgery. As British sources report,
operations with use of new technologies, without large cuts brought
fame to him.
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