ArmInfo.Since June 15, Azerbaijan has completely blocked the bilateral movement of medical personnel from Artsakh and the delivery of medical supplies and medicines to Artsakh by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
According to the press service of the Artsakh Ministry of Health, due to the suspension of the import of medicines, the provision of medicines in the inpatient sector has reached about 40%, and in the outpatient sector - about 20%.
"Given the current situation, all non-urgent examinations and interventions (surgeries) have been canceled in all medical institutions of the republic from today.
About 175 patients with various diagnoses are waiting to be transferred to medical institutions in Armenia. At the moment, there are 8 children in the intensive care and neonatology department of "Arevik" MC and 8 patients are in the intensive care unit at the Republican Medical Center, the condition of 3 of them is serious," the Artsakh Ministry of Health said in a statement.