and by years. The documents are not placed in folders. Designated rooms for archives
are not provided in penitentiary establishments nos. 11314 and 12 either. In penitentiary establishment no. 11, medical documentation is kept in a drug store. The documents
are placed on wooden shelves according to years and in an alphabetical order. They are
placed in folders. In penitentiary establishment no. 12, according to the senior doctor,
medical notes are kept in personal case-files of prisoners.
RECOMMENDATIONS
TO THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONS OF GEORGIA:
• To ensure contribution to the professional independence and qualification of
medical personnel through continuous professional training and enhancement
of various training modules and setting up an effective mechanism for assessment and supervision of sustainability of training outcomes;
• to ensure strict supervision by the Medical Department of the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia over observance of the principles of professional ethics by
the medical personnel and adequate response to breaches;
• To ensure to a maximum degree confidentiality of doctor-inmate interaction
without the presence of non-medical personnel by installing a call-button in
closed type penitentiary establishments and introducing the obligation for
medical personnel to inspect cells daily, etc.;
• To take all necessary measures to ensure that all medical examination and consultation is done confidentially in a doctor’s room except for urgent and exceptional cases;
• To take all necessary measures to ensure the involvement of prisoners in medical services through informing them about the medical services to be rendered
in the process of medical treatment; to ensure accessibility of the information
related to prisoners health care, including preventive health care;
• To take all necessary measures to ensure that medical documentation is kept
with due respect of confidentiality; and
• To ensure the amendment of Article 24.2 of the Imprisonment Code to the
effect of deleting the provision, under which the report of medical examination
of an remand/convicted person upon his/her admission to a penitentiary institution shall be kept in his/her personal (non-medical) file; to ensure submission
of this draft amendment to the Government of Georgia for its initiation before
the Parliament of Georgia.
314 The inspection of the Medical Regulation Division of penitentiary establishment no. 11 was conducted on
08.11.2016.
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HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CLOSED INSTITUTIONS
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