SECTION 2.
January 2013
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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
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