In one case, physical restraint was found to have been
used on a person, but nothing was recorded in the
person's medical history.
In another case, the register in which psychotropic
medication is recorded (as per the list of narcotic
substances, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances
and their precursors subject to control in the Republic
of Armenia, approved under the Republic of Armenia
Government Decree 1129-N dated 21 August 2003),
the records had been made using a pencil, which is
unacceptable as it may lead to abuse.
5.7.3.
5.7.4.
5.7.5.
5.8.
In the absence of a consistent regulation developed by
the competent state authority, psychiatric organizations
apply different principles for recording injuries and
notifying law-enforcement agencies thereof. Hence,
steps should be taken to develop a regulation on proper
recording of injuries in psychiatric medical care and
service organizations and on notifying law-enforcement
agencies thereof, so as to ensure the consistency of
legal rules and practice.
In all case of injuries sustained in psychiatric
organizations or admission with injuries, they must be
recorded in the medical histories, and the local police
station shall be immediately notified thereof.
It is necessary to document all the injuries, and not only
the injuries as a result of which the person was
transferred to a medical institution or died.
The Ambulance Service; Access to Narrowly-Specialized
Medical Services
5.8.1.
In all of the Republic of Armenia, only the Yerevan City
ambulance service has a psychiatric brigade. Hence, it is
necessary to put in place mechanisms for the transfer of
persons to psychiatric organizations and the provision of
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