56 THE GREEK OMBUDSMAN • transferring the patient to the Mental Health Unit is technically treated like the transfer of any other patient to a hospital and is conducted under conditions that ensure full respect for the personality and dignity of the alleged patient by establishing a Mental Health Support Office at the Medical Division Services and Immediate Intervention of EKAB, • exercising of the alleged patient’s rights is strengthened through substantive information about the involuntary treatment process and the appointment of an advocate from the start of the procedure and at all stages, • for the effective exercising of patients' rights, their personal presence at the hearing for involuntary hospitalisation and the avoidance of unnecessary movements, the provision of courtrooms in psychiatric hospitals of major urban centres in the country is established for dealing with cases of involuntary hospitalisation, • reduction of the time spent in involuntary psychiatric care from six to four months, • a special prosecutor in the large urban centres is provided to supervise the issues arising from involuntary hospitalisation. ●