Annual Report 2016 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture
after each medium or long-term release, as stated by the staff).
Injury reports
§346 AR 2014
169. As regards the existence at these facilities of standard injury reports,
Virgen de la Montaña Hospital (Cáceres) has several injury report forms but
only one meets the requirements imposed by the Ombudsman in the study
entitled Injury reports on people deprived of their liberty (2014). Puerto Real
Hospital (Cádiz) did not provide us with a copy of its injury report form, and
the Balcó de la Safor facility (Valencia) had no form at all.
Installations
§348 AR 2014
170. Installations at the unit for acute illnesses, Virgen de la Montaña
Hospital (Cáceres), were antiquated and had little space for the number of
patients under care, with some rooms holding up to three or four rooms. It
would be appropriate to speed up the transfer foreseen from the unit to the
San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital or to another newly constructed facility with
better infrastructures.
Four-bed room at the unit for acute illnesses, Virgen de la Montaña Hospital (Cáceres)
All other facility installations were in a good state of cleanliness and
preservation, although the unit for acute illnesses of Puerto Real (Cádiz) looks
like a prison due to the barred windows. Furthermore, Balcó de la Safor does
not have its own sports facilities or material, which is why residents need to
relocate in order to play sports. However, of interest is the fact that facility
residents use all the installations to relax, which helps classify the facility as a
home; it is also located in a pleasant setting, with natural surroundings and
pleasant views.
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