During the examination of the special unit, where persons in whose respect
compulsory medical treatment was ordered by the court were held, it was
found out that the second floor of the building was not used as it was not
suitable for use. It was revealed that the detention conditions were not
satisfactory in the strict regime section of the unit, there was shortage of air,
humidity, and strong unpleasant smell in some rooms because the windows
were not opened, and the isolating rooms were unfit. The general section of
the special unit was found to have relatively normal conditions after
renovation.
Thus, as a result of the visits, it has been determined that the detention of
patients under the above mentioned conditions does not correspond to the
requirements set forth by the national and international legal norms. Such
conditions imply that they are subjected to inhuman treatment. As a result of
the visit it has also become clear that there is not any special normative act to
regulate the detention of persons subjected to compulsory medical treatment in
hospital and the duration of placing and detaining those persons in isolating
rooms, as well as their access to walking, taking bath, and other rights are
therefore determined on the basis of the subjective decisions of doctors. For
instance, persons held in the special unit are taken to walking only on the 1st,
3rd, and 5th days of the week.
With regard to the revealed facts, the Commissioner has requested the
Ministry of Health to take necessary actions to improve conditions in the
hospitals that have violated laws, ensure that persons held in those
establishments are not degraded, and eliminate the detected violations in order
to guarantee the rights of persons with mental illness to receive psychiatric
assistance under such conditions that satisfy sanitary and hygiene requirements
and ensure their detention under conditions meeting minimum standards.
According to the information received from the ministry in response to the
appeal, reconstruction and renovation works of large volume have been
performed in Republic Psychiatric Hospital No.1, some units, as well as the
other parts of the hospital have been completely renovated to meet modern
standards. The nutrition unit of the hospital has been completely renovated,
furnished with new modern equipment and put into operation. The common
bathroom of the hospital which had been in bad and unfit condition for many
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