From observations and from talking to the children, the NPM ascertained a blatant disregard for
classroom activities on the part of both students and teachers. Children would walk in and out of
their classrooms as they wished.
The children have the option to participate and are actively involved in various extracurricular
activities, such as sports events. The inspection team observed that the gym equipment and
that of the outside playgrounds is outdated, worn out, and insufficient to meet the real needs of
the children.
The use of the computer room was scheduled and the students had a certain amount of
individual computer time. Internet access was monitored and controlled by a teacher.
Five of the children had special educational needs. A visiting specialist resource teacher
assisted their classroom teachers.
1.3. Medical Care
The boarding school has a health room. It was not fully equipped in accordance with MoH
Ordinance No. 3 on health rooms in childcare facilities and schools. The emergency medicine
cabinet was stocked in accordance with the said Ordinance. The health room was staffed by a
part-time nurse. She attended the health room four hours a day, three days a week. Her duties
included provision of emergency medical assistance, referrals of students to medical specialists,
storing and dispensing prescription medicines, drawing up, keeping and storing the students’
personal medical records. The inspection found out that the medical records were not
adequately kept. The nurse was involved also in drawing up the weekly menus at the refectory in
accordance with Ordinance No. 37 on wholesome student nutrition.
The NPM inspection found out that the school health room had been inspected for the current
year by the Razgrad RHI.
All students were registered with a GP practice in the town of Zavet. They were also on the
patient list of a dentist who sees patients in his town office twice a week. The GP had not
performed complete health screening assessments of all students. Anthropometric
measurements had been performed, but no urine screening tests had been performed. Dental
examinations had been performed on most students. A previous inspection finding was
identified again, i.e. six students had been admitted to the boarding school without any medical
documents or any record of their immunization history. In order to obtain the information, the
nurse had sent out information requests to the RHIF at the children’s’ domicile. Her efforts,
however, did not bear fruit. Three of the boarding school inmates suffer from a chronic mental
illness and require continued medication therapy. K.M. is epileptic. He had been at the boarding
school over a year and a half, and had not had any epileptic seizures over that period. He has
been assessed and certified by a Work Capability Assessment Board (WCAB). N.S. suffers from
paranoid schizophrenia. His release from the boarding school was impending as he would reach
the age of majority. N.R. has bipolar affective disorder. According to his medical record, D.M.
was, on arrival to the boarding school, HIV-positive and had also hepatitis C. He had not,
however, been medically treated, and at the time of the inspection was an escapee.
In 2014, almost all students were tested for HIV. Only one boy refused to get tested.
The previous inspection had found that the students’ medical documents were stored in
different places – at the GP’s office, at the dentist’s office, at the health room, and in the
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