As a result of the closure of the Stepanakert-Goris interstate highway, for the 8th day now, patients in critical and critical condition continue to remain in medical facilities under the Ministry of Health. All scheduled operations have been suspended in hospitals.

Today, one patient in critical condition died. One patient in need of an urgent heart operation was transported to Yerevan by an emergency vehicle accompanied by the Red Cross through the Lachin Corridor. The patient was transferred to the Goris Medical Center and then to the Yerevan Specialized Medical Center by ambulance.

“At the moment, 92 patients are receiving inpatient treatment in the republican hospital. At the moment, 11 patients are in the intensive care unit of the hospital, and 4 are in critical condition. The condition of 2 patients who were in critical condition in the first days after the corridor was closed, is currently stable,” said Mher Musayelyan, executive director of Artsakh “Republican” Medical Center.

The picture is the same in the Arevik Medical Center of Stepanakert. There are currently 12 children in the resuscitation, intensive care, and neonatal ward. One of the children in the intensive care unit, a 4-month-old baby, is in an extremely serious condition. According to the executive director of the medical association, his life is in danger.