Eight more patients from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have been transferred to Armenia, with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), informed the Ministry of Health of Artsakh.

Due to the blocking by Azerbaijan of the only road connecting Artsakh with Armenia, eight patients from the Republican Medical Center of Artsakh—and with serious diseases of the oncology as well as pathologies requiring emergency surgical interventions and post-implantation correction—were transported Thursday to specialized medical institutions of Armenia, with the mediation and escorting of the ICRC.

And four patients, who had been transferred to Armenia for medical treatment, returned to Artsakh together with accompanying persons.

Scheduled surgeries continue to be suspended in the medical centers of Artsakh.

Three children remain in the neonatal and intensive care units of Arevik medical center.

Eight patients remain in the intensive care unit of the Republican Medical Center, and five of them are in critical condition.

A total of 105 medical patients have been transported so far from Artsakh to Armenia with the mediation and assistance of the Red Cross.