Gagik Khachatryan, the former chairman of the RA SRC, receives the necessary and adequate medical care in the penal institutions according to the law. This was announced by Mariam Tsatryan, the spokesperson of the RA Minister of Health. "Gagik Khachatryan and, in general, imprisoned persons receive necessary and adequate medical care and service in penitentiary institutions in accordance with the law, and if necessary, they are referred for specialized medical examination" when Please refrain from unnecessary speculation," Tsatryan wrote. Earlier today, Gagik Khachatryan's defense team announced that Khachatryan has not yet received medical care according to his health condition 16 days after his arrest and transfer to "Yerevan-Kentron" prison. To remind, on September 1, it became known that Khachatryan was arrested and transferred to the RA Investigative Committee. His lawyer's group published footage, noting that domestic legal means for Khachatryan's treatment have actually been exhausted, and the health condition of the former official remains extremely critical. According to the advocacy group, Khachatryan was diagnosed with spinal stenosis in 2015. Special implants are placed in his neck, which, according to the lawyers, are not used in Armenia. On September 2, the former chairman of the SRC was detained for 2 months. He is accused of accepting particularly large bribes and laundering particularly large amounts of money. Within the scope of the case, urgent investigative and administrative operations were carried out in the apartments of Khachatryan and his son, as well as in the offices and branches of around 21 companies affiliated with them.