YEREVAN. – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery professor, German doctor Adrien Daigler, who was invited to Armenia upon the instruction of President Serzh Sargsyan, on Friday operated on two of the patients who were injured during the capital city Yerevan’s balloon explosion, Health Minister’s press secretary Shushan Hunanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.      

According to Hunanyan, the surgeries went successfully and the patients are in normal condition. And on Saturday, Doctor Daigler will operate on two more injured. 

The Health Minister’s press secretary also informed that 41 from the 154 citizens, who were hospitalized as a result of the explosion, are still in the capital city’s hospitals, and two of them are at reanimation wards. 

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a tragedy occurred during the Republican Party of Armenia’s rally and concert held at Yerevan’s Republic Square on May 4. Hundreds of balloons filled with gas exploded and started to burn. Subsequently, the balloons’ melted rubber fell on the event participants. Those near the stage were affected the most, and 154 people were injured