medication prescribed for an applicant for international protection or a person subject to expulsion, the needs of the person and reasonable use of money are observed. The Chancellor was asked to verify the constitutionality of that provision. She concluded that the provision could be interpreted in a constitutionally compliant manner. When procuring medication, the primary consideration should be an assessment by a medical professional as to whether the specific medication is necessary, i.e. whether a medical indication for it exists. The principle of reasonable use of money can be interpreted so that from medicines containing active substance(s) prescribed to an alien by a medical professional the medicine which is best in terms of price and availability is procured. An alien may not be deprived of medication with active substance(s) prescribed by a medical professional if that medication is necessary for provision of a service on the list of healthcare services of the Health Insurance Fund. Healthcare services During the reporting period, the Chancellor inspected four healthcare institutions: the department of child psychiatry of the psychiatric clinic of Viljandi Hospital; the psychiatric clinic of Pärnu Hospital; Wismari Hospital; and the psychiatric department of the South Estonian Hospital. Problems were to a large extent the same as had been noted in previous years: the treatment environment needs to be improved, use of means of restraint should be better documented, and the necessity for video surveillance should be weighed more carefully. Several hospitals also needed to be reminded that if a person does not agree to stay in hospital they can be held against their will only in compliance with the rules for involuntary psychiatric care. The Chancellor asked Viljandi Hospital to properly record all instances of restraint in the department of child psychiatry and enter them in a separate register. The psychiatric clinic of Pärnu Hospital was recommended to justify the need for use of means of restraint clearly and with the required regularity. The Chancellor also asked all the hospitals inspected to improve the treatment environment. Viljandi Hospital must offer young people in the department of child psychiatry more opportunities for sports outdoors in the yard and acquire play facilities for children in the yard. The psychiatric clinic of Pärnu Hospital should change the furnishings in the acute treatment unit and the unit for patients with unstable remission, so as to be able to offer a

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