SECTION 2.
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The results of NMP operation in Ukraine
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metal bars on windows (in Europe the discussion on banning such bars
ended in the 70ies of the past century and in the Russian Federation –
in 1995, when the Russian Ministry of Health passed its Order No. 92 (of
April 11, 1995); under this order, windows in psychiatric units are to be
equipped in a manner that enables airing of the premises and at the same
time precludes patients’ suicidal or escape attempts, which directly relates
to patients’ security. An annex to this order requires windowpanes from
special strong glass and prohibits bars or grates);.
Photos: At Mykolayiv regional psychiatric hospital No. 1, Lviv Region, 21.09.2012
The monitoring also revealed some shortcomings specific to particular institutions:
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persons held in custody in the forensic psychiatry unit have no access to
beds at daytime;
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the interval between hygienic procedures is 2 hours long, and all 20 patients from a sleeping room are at the same time led to the toilet room
with the capacity only for five;
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in the children’s ward the rooms for boys and girls are overpopulated and
the beds are placed at no distance from each other.
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