ICRC facilitates transfer of more patients from Artsakh to Armenia
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the transfer of 12 more severely ill patients from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to Armenia amid the 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 Saturday, 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 in mid-December 2022.
Five children are in neonatal and intensive care in the Arevik Medical Center.
Nine 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 241 patients from Artsakh to Armenia for urgent treatment since the start of the blockade.