09/09/2020 15:41
Total of 46 cases of alcohol intoxication registered in Armenia, of which 18 with death outcome
A total of 46 cases of alcohol intoxication was registered in the country from August 31 to September 9, of which 18 with death outcome, Armenia’s Ministry of Health reports.
All of the cases were caused by methyl alcohol.
Twenty-nine of the cases were recorded in Armavir region with 10 death cases, 15 in Yerevan with 7 death cases and two in Kotayk with one death case.
In the mentioned period 28 patients received treatment in different medical establishments, of which 22 were discharged after receiving a treatment, four of them have gone blind.
Five patients continue receiving treatment, two of them in Armenia Republican Medical Center, the condition of one is extremely grave, the condition of the other is satisfactory (blindness), one is in Erebuni hospital in extremely grave condition (blindness), one is in N1 university hospital in extremely grave condition), one in St Grigor Lusavorich Medical Center.