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"After Armenia gained independence, Armenian medicine had significant achievements as a result of international cooperation," says professor George Okoyev, director of the research center. "In Soviet times the 'Iron Curtain' had an extreme reach." "Soviet society appreciated its people's health and took care of them," says neurologist Armenuhi Badalian. "If a person didn't have a high salary, he or she nonetheless knew that there would be free medical service." "People turn to a doctor's help very late, when they can't take it any longer," says [Gagik Bazikian]. "In this case the effectiveness of therapy is very low, whereas in Soviet times all this was well systemized."