MONITORING PLACES OF DETENTION : A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR NGOS 144 facilities are provided in an institution, their equipment, furnishings and pharmaceutical supplies shall be suitable for the medical care and treatment of sick prisoners, and there shall be a staff of suitably trained officers. (3) The services of a qualified dental officer shall be available to every prisoner.” EPR, Rule 26 5 “A prison’s health-care service should at least be able to provide regular out-patient consultations and emergency treatment (of course, in addition there might often be a hospital-type unit with beds). The services of a qualified dentist should be available to every prisoner. Further, prison doctors should be able to call upon services of specialists. As regards emergency treatment, a doctor should always be on call. Further, someone competent to provide first aid should always be present on prison premises, preferably someone with a recognised nursing qualification. Out-patient treatment should be supervised, as appropriate, by health-care staff; in many cases it is not sufficient for the provision of follow-up care to depend upon the initiative being taken by the prisoner.” CPT, GR 3, § 35 “The health-care staff in any prison is potentially a staff at risk. Their duty to care for their patients (sick prisoners) may often enter into conflict with considerations of prison management and security. This can give rise to difficult ethical questions and choices. In order to guarantee their independence in health-care matters, the CPT considers it important that such personnel should be aligned as closely as possible with the mainstream of health-care provision in the community at large.” CPT, GR 3, § 71