ICRC facilitates transfer of 16 more patients from Artsakh to Armenia
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the transfer of sixteen 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 and cardiovascular diseases as well as pathologies requiring emergency surgical interventions were transported to specialized medical facilities in Armenia on Friday, the ministry said in a statement.
Thirteen 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.
Two children are in neonatal and intensive care in the Arevik Medical Center.
Eight patients, including four critically ill, remain in the intensive care unit of the Republican Medical Center.
The Red Cross has helped transfer a total of 169 patients from Artsakh to Armenia for urgent treatment since the start of the blockade.