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• On a visit to the Kylmäkoski outpatient clinic of the Prisoners’ Health
Care Unit, particular attention was paid to the fact that the clinic has less access
to a doctor’s services than when the Ombudsman last visited it in 2013. A doctor
only visits Kylmäkoski once or twice a week and has time to see no more than a
few patients during one working day, as his or her working time is mainly taken
up by written consultations. This naturally results in a queue for doctor’s appointments and continuously increases the nurses’ daily workload.
• Additionally, no psychiatrist visited the clinic, and outside psychiatric services
were used little. Dental health services had also been outsourced. The visits of the
dentist, who came from Helsinki, were not regular.
• The nurses had time to conduct at least a brief check-up on all new prisoners.
The addition of a section on possible signs of violence to the check
list developed for this purpose was proposed.
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