Karabakh servicemen wounded in Azerbaijani shooting under recovery

Panorama, Armenia


The Artsakh servicemen who sustained shrapnel wounds of various degrees as a result of the Azerbaijani ceasefire breaches (including from rocked-propelled anti-tank grenade launchers) on July 7 and July 16 are under recovery, the Head of Medical Services Department at Armenia’s Ministry of Defense Kamavor Khachatryan told Panorama.am.

In Mr. Khachatryan’s words, all the soldiers wounded on July 16 are currently receiving hospital treatment, with their health conditions assessed satisfying.

To note, on July 16, contractual soldier Myasnik Hovhannisyan sustained injuries in the eye as a result of Azerbaijani fire. He was transferred to Yerevan-based Malayan Ophthalmological Center, where he underwent a successful eye surgery. The vision of the serviceman’s one eye has already been restored, with the treatment of the other eye still under way. Being discharged from hospital, Myasnik continued to remain under the doctors’ control.

In regard to the other soldiers injured on July 7, Kamavor Khachatryan informed that one of the servicemen was transferred to ward, while the other soldier Robert Gasparyan is still in reanimation department, with the health condition assessed as stable with positive dynamics.

To remind, another Karabakh soldier who sustained a leg injury on July 7, continues his treatment at Stepanakert Hospital.