Yerevan, April 2, 2026 (AFP) - Armenia's underground salt clinic at centre of alternative medicine debate

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2026-04-02

A mining cage drops deep beneath the Armenian capital, carrying asthma patients in helmets down into a salt cave clinic -- an alternative treatment centre whose future is now at risk. State funding for the speleotherapy centre in the Avan salt mine was recently cut as the small Caucasus nation rolls out a new universal healthcare system that does not cover alternative medicine. The fate of the facility is a snapshot of a global debate over the ef......

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