15:49, 3 July 2023
YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. The International Committee of the Red Cross has facilitated the transfer of 15 patients from blockaded Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia for treatment, the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Ministry of Healthcare said on Monday.
The 15 patients were accompanied by their attendants.
Another 8 patients together with their attendants are expected to return under Red Cross mediation to Nagorno Karabakh on June 3 after having received treatment in Armenia.
26 children are hospitalized at the Arevik clinic in Nagorno Karabakh. Two of the children are in neonatal and intensive care.
Another 81 patients are hospitalized at the Republican Medical Center in Stepanakert. 10 of them are in intensive care (6 are critically ill).
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