STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. A 4-months-old severely-ill baby is in intensive care in the Arevik hospital in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh).

Arevik hospital director Karen Melkumyan told ARMENPRESS that already two days ago the child had to be taken to Armenia for treatment, but due to the Azerbaijani blockade they are unable to do so.

“That’s why we began the treatment here, in consultation with our colleagues in Yerevan. Right now, even if the road were to be opened today, it is a question whether or not the child would be able to overcome that distance in this even more difficult and complicated condition,” he said.