Reinspections
Reinspection of the Division responsible for Caring for Intoxicated and Homeless Persons at the Emergency Intervention Centre in Nowy Sącz confirmed that the majority of
the recommendations issued by the representatives of NPM issued during the inspection of
the facility in 2012 was implemented. According to the declaration of the facilities’ director,
medical examinations take place in a place that persons other than medical personnel cannot see or hear. A place that is not covered by CCTV monitoring was sectioned off at the
staffroom, which is covered by a screen if needed, as well as changing rooms were organized,
where patients may change, while their intimacy and privacy is respected. The information
on the rights of persons brought to the station and on the institutions that protect the human rights, were hanged out only in the staffroom, contrary to the recommendation that
they should be placed also in the rooms for the persons brought into the station. The condition of the persons admitted to the facility and the admitting procedure does not allow them
for reading these materials calmly and effectively, therefore the employees of the Office of
the Commissioner for Human Rights recommended that such information should also be
placed in the rooms for the detained persons.
During reinspection, irregularities were observed in terms of applying direct coercive
measures. The analysed CCTV monitoring recordings of 2 cases of applying coercive measures allowed for expressing doubts as to the clothing of the persons immobilized by belts.
The analysis of the visual recordings disclosed that in one case a man was clothed only in a
substitute shirt and was walking barefoot. Another patient also had no shoes and was completely naked. He was brought in to the room in this condition, where he was immobilized
and covered with a blanked. After being released from the belts, he received a shirt being the
property of the sobering-up station. It is not allowed for anyone to be naked at the station.
Next to the issue of physical discomfort (cold), walking a person naked and barefoot (on the
floor where others walk in shoes) through the sobering-up station subject to CCTV monitoring might infringe their right to intimacy and dignity. It must be noted that, next to the
issue of CCTV monitoring, that person is seen by other persons, including other patients.
b. Psychiatric Hospital in Gorzów Wielkopolski
During the first inspection at the Psychiatric Hospital in Gorzów Wielkopolski, which
took place in 2012, the representatives of NPM noted that there was no separate admissions
room at the enhanced security wards. According to NPM, it was reasonable to establish
such a room due to the size of the wards (approx. 55 beds). During reinspection, it was
determined that the above recommendation was implemented. While no separate admissions room for these wards only was created, certain reorganisation of the rooms at the
station was implemented. Also, permanent shifts of psychiatrists instead of rotation shifts
of ward doctors were introduced. Within one of the wards, a new sub-ward was established
for men, for approx. 30 patients, which will be launched soon. This is the final stage of the
implementation of the project that had provided for establishing an additional psychiatric
ward that offers standard security, and the representatives of NPM had been informed about
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