Alongside, the Rehabilitation Centre has created a mobile group consisting of three doctors, namely a physician, a psychologist and a psychotherapist, that travels to the regions to respond to torture reports in the regions on a timely basis and to prescribe necessary treatment. In 2012, four visits of the mobile group were organized to Osh and Issyk-Kul provinces. The main mental disorders related to torture are post-injury stress disorders and severe depression. In 2012, the Rehabilitation Programme extended the list of its services by including psychological assistance provided to victims of torture that went through rehabilitation activities previously. This new service is indeed important, as the negative impact of torture on a person’s mental health can manifest itself at a later stage, sometimes a few months or even years later. Fifteen victims who had previously undergone in-patient and out-patient treatment were covered by the “second rehabilitation stage” in 2012 which included group psychotherapy. Real-life example from the work of the Rehabilitation Centre: A 41-year-old man, Mr. J., was beaten by a police officer as punishment for a traffic accident and received a gunshot wound as a result of a shooting from a service gun. Later J. was hospitalized to a vascular surgery unit of the National Hospital under the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health. Diagnosis made by hospital surgeons and doctors: gunshot wound to the chest on the left side, post-gunshot injury of a clavicular artery on the left side at the level of the middle third of the collarbone, nodular goiter, post-injury plexitis of the left upper extremity. The man was diagnosed by a psychotherapist from the Rehabilitation Centre with post-injury stress disorder, moderate anxiety and depression. Within the rehabilitation programme, Mr. J. earlier underwent a comprehensive in-patient examination and treatment with medications. The doctor is still observing Mr. J’s depression, since due to the injuries he received, he cannot work by his primary occupation and is limited in his work-related activities. At the present time, Mr. J. is undergoing the second stage of rehabilitation. Throughout the entire implementation of the Rehabilitation Programme, no cases of medical institutions refusing to provide timely assistance to victims of torture have been observed. 82

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