The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the transfer of 11 patients from blockaded Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia for treatment. The patients were accompanied by their attendants, the Ministry of Healthcare of Nagorno-Karabakh said in a statement on Thursday.
The ICRC plans to transfer 13 other patients – with attendants - who’ve completed their treatment in Armenia back to Nagorno-Karabakh later today.
The Nagorno-Karabakh healthcare authorities warned that Azerbaijan is continuously banning the supply of essential medications and medical equipment by the ICRC to Nagorno-Karabakh.
23 children are hospitalized at the Arevik clinic in Nagorno Karabakh. 5 of them are in neonatal and intensive care. Meanwhile, 82 patients are hospitalized at the Republican Medical Center in Stepanakert. 7 of them are in intensive care (2 are critically ill).
