Maralhik Maternity Hospital Staff Block Road, Demand Meeting with Prime Minister

For over an hour, a tense and potentially explosive situation has developed in the Shirak region. Traffic in the central streets of Maralhik has come to a standstill, reports shamshyan.com.

According to the source, staff from the Maralhik maternity hospital and local residents, many of whom have sought medical assistance from the institution since the Soviet era, have blocked the road and are demanding that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan personally address the issues facing the hospital.

"We will keep the road blocked until the Prime Minister intervenes in our issue," the protesters announced.

The source also notes that police from the Shirak regional administration have arrived at the scene. Officers from the second platoon of the second company of the traffic police are also present, engaged in negotiations with the participants of the protest to open the road.