Care for wounded Azerbaijani soldiers ensured, Health Ministry
By Fatma Babayeva
The Azerbaijani Health Ministry ensures all necessary conditions for treatment of Azerbaijani soldiers injured during the hostilities on the frontline.
The ministry announced that all healthcare centers situated in the frontline zone are ready to receive the injured. Hospitals are also fully equipped with medical devices, the ministry said, noting that Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev keeps the situation under control.
The ministry sent experts to the hospitals located in the front-line, and severely injured soldiers are transferred to the hospitals located in Ganja and Baku.
Furthermore, the Barda branch of the Central Blood Bank (CBB) provided enough blood supply to the hospitals near the front area such as Tartar District Central Hospital, Sarijali, Naftalan and Barda District hospitals.
Earlier, the Sheki branch of the CBB sent blood supply to the areas close to the front area in order to meet needs as well, said Parvana Hajiyeva, head physician at CBB.
“The information shared in social networks telling that injured soldiers are in urgent need of blood is false. These announcements have no ground. If the CBB faces the risk of running out of blood supply, the public will be officially informed about it,” she added.
She further announced that despite there is no need, residents of Barda region went to the CBB regional and voiced a will to donate blood, Hacıyeva stressed.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) announced readiness to start mine neutralization in the territory liberated by the Azerbaijani army during the last days.
Director of ANAMA Ghazanfar Akhmedov said that first the military personal must ensure the security of the liberated territory and strengthen the position before sending a brigade of minesweeping specialists to conduct clearance operations there.
The presence of mines in the areas liberated from Armenian aggression within last days is particularly acute, he added.
“A problem with mines is very serious in liberated territory, even more serious than in other areas where ANAMA specialists work. Because all mines laid there are new. Most likely, the territory was further mined by Armenians when they were retreating from the area,” he said.
On the night of April 2, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and guns.
Azerbaijani settlements near the contact line, densely populated by civilians, were fired at as well. Civilians were killed and wounded as a result of the Armenian attacks.
The Azerbaijani armed forces immediately launched counter attacks to prevent the activation of the Armenian military units and to protect civilian population. Six Armenian tanks, 15 gun mounts and reinforced engineering structures have been destroyed and more than 100 Armenian servicemen were wounded and killed during the shootouts.
Twelve servicemen of the Azerbaijani armed forces heroically died, one Mi-24 helicopter was shot down and one tank damaged by a mine.
Despite Azerbaijan's decision on unilateral suspension of the counter-attacks and response measures in the territories occupied by Armenia, the Armenian Armed Forces resumed shelling of Azerbaijani positions along the line of contact on the night of April 4, further deteriorating the situation on the contact line.
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