SECTION 2. January 2013 93 the same ward in November 2013 The wards at the infectious insulator of Lviv remand prison are equipped with two tiers of bunks, which amounts to ill-treatment of prisoners with TB who need limited physical activity. Patients with viral hepatitis and other infectious diseases A special issue is the situation with treatment of viral hepatitis B and C in the acute stage. Such patients require inpatient treatment in accordance with the applicable law. However, medical units of remand prisons are not able to ensure such treatment and can only provide continuous antiviral medication or supporting ambulatory anti-inflammatory treatment. Another problem lies in the fact that not every institution has an infectionist on its staff, and dynamic care to ill prisoners is provided by the therapist (GP) of the institution, with the assistance of consultants from the assigned health care establishment who visit the institutions irregularly or when needed. Persons with mental disorders The positions of psychiatrists are filled not at all institutions; in most institutions medication for psychiatric patients in available not in the sufficient amounts. In the absence of in-house psychiatrist the condition of patients is monitored by a GP. Remand prisons hardly ever seek help of psychiatrists from institutions under the Ministry