The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Nagorno-Karabakh office has facilitated the transfer of 11 patients to Armenia, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Healthcare said in a statement Tuesday, the first medical evacuation since July 29, when Azeri border guards kidnapped a 68-year-old evacuee.
9 of the patients require life-saving hemodialysis while two others are seriously-ill cancer patients.
9 other patients, accompanied by their attendants, who have received treatment in Armenia are expected to return to Nagorno-Karabakh under ICRC mediation later today.
The Azerbaijani side is continuously prohibiting the ICRC supply of essential medicine and medical items into Nagorno-Karabakh, while many patients await their turn for medical evacuation and return, the ministry said.
30 children are hospitalized in the Arevik clinic, 9 of whom are in neonatal and intensive care.
Another 80 patients are hospitalized in the Republican Medical Center. 8 patients are under intensive care, 4 of whom are in critical condition.
