ICRC facilitates transfer of 8 more 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 blockade, the Artsakh Ministry of Health reported.
The patients with serious oncological diseases and pathologies requiring emergency surgical interventions were transported to specialized medical facilities in Armenia on Tuesday, the ministry said in a statement.
Five patients, who had been transferred to Armenia for medical treatment, returned to Artsakh together with an accompanying team.
Planned surgeries remain suspended in Artsakh hospitals due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor, the sole road connecting Artsakh to Armenia, which started back on 12 December.
Five children are in neonatal and intensive care in the Arevik Medical Center.
Seven patients, including three critically ill, remain in the intensive care unit of the Republican Medical Center.
The Red Cross has helped transfer a total of 113 patients from Artsakh to Armenia for urgent treatment since the start of the blockade.