Long-term deprivation of liberty
Video conference system in El Limonar (Seville)
Medical check-up
during the first 24
hours §263 AR
2014
Confidentiality
and privacy
§264 AR 2014
Informed consent
to medical
treatment
§264 AR 2014
§78 AR 2015
134. In San Francisco-La Biznaga (Málaga) it was necessary to make a
suggestion so that a medical check-up is always completed each time a
minor is detained, during the first 24 hours, irrespective of whether the
detention takes place on the weekend or a holiday.
135. The doctor at Montefiz (Ourense) stated that medical assistance was
provided to minors always in the presence of an educator, without asking
the inmate whether or not this was voluntary. The manager acknowledged
that this was standard practice, affirming that a doctor’s appointment was
carried out with an educator or coordinator present (of the same sex as the
minor), with a security guard outside. This practice was also standard at the
nurse’s station. The suggestion made to correct this shortcoming is awaiting
a response, at the date of this Report.
136. We ascertained at three facilities what action was taken when
treatment was waived. In San Francisco-La Biznaga (Málaga) the minor
himself/herself is able to reject any intervention or medical treatment, and
his/her family is not informed or a copy provided to the family or inmate; the
16-year limit is not applied here as the legal age for healthcare, contrary to
the provisions of Basic Regulatory Act 41/2002, of 14 November, on patient
autonomy and rights and obligations in information and clinical
documentation matters.
In Montefiz (Ourense), whenever a minor refused to take his/her medication,
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