ICRC facilitates transfer of 8 seriously ill patients from Artsakh to Armenia
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the transfer of eight more severely ill patients from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to Armenia amid the ongoing Azerbaijani blockade, the Artsakh Ministry of Health reported.
The patients with serious oncological diseases, pathologies requiring emergency surgical interventions and post-implantation correction were transported to specialized medical centers in Armenia on Thursday, the ministry said in a statement.
Planned surgeries remain suspended in Artsakh’s hospitals due to the blockade of the Lachin Corridor, the sole road connecting Artsakh to Armenia, which started back on 12 December.
Three children are in neonatal and intensive care in the Arevik Medical Center.
Eight patients, including five critically ill, remain in the intensive care unit of the Republican Medical Center.
The Red Cross has helped transfer a total of 105 patients from Artsakh to Armenia for urgent treatment since the start of the blockade.