ICRC evacuates 10 patients from Nagorno-Karabakh

13:38, 9 August 2023

YEREVAN, AUGUST 9, ARMENPRESS. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Nagorno-Karabakh office has facilitated the evacuation of 10 patients to Armenia for treatment, the Ministry of Healthcare of Nagorno-Karabakh said Wednesday.

The evacuees require life-saving hemodialysis, a procedure which is currently unavailable in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the blockade-induced shortage of medication and medical items, the ministry added.

The ICRC plans to transfer another 9 patients who’ve completed treatment in Armenia back to Nagorno-Karabakh later today.

30 children remain hospitalized at the Arevik clinic in Nagorno-Karabakh. 7 of them are in neonatal and intensive care.

Another 85 patients are hospitalized in the Republican Medical Center. 10 of them are under intensive care, 4 of whom are in critical condition.

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