persons according to their requisite specificities. According to the information received from the establishment N12,158 the medical block has been repaired in 2015. The specialized rooms for “C” Hepatitis treatment program were allocated. The chief doctor’s room was renovated. New medication storage and a pharmacist cabinet were created. Healthcare services in the medical units of penitentiary establishments are provided in former cells affecting the quality of the services provided. The surface of the walls and the floor in the doctors’ rooms are an issue. In all rooms where diagnostic tests or small surgical interventions are conducted, the floor must be covered with antistatic linoleum. Ventilation is also a matter of concern. The same is true about the quality and technical maintenance of the medical equipment at penitentiary establishments. Positive assessment shall be given to the work of regulatory unit of the medical department which checked the prison food, hygienic conditions, and medical units, including the X-ray apparatus, and medical waste management and production processes of the archival documentation. According to the information received from the medical department, the monitoring of the regulatory unit revealed that at the establishments N2, N3, N5, N6, N8, N9, N11, N12, N14, N16, N18, and N19 X-ray rooms did not comply with the requirements of the technical regulations N83 of the Government of Georgia of 16 January 2014 2014 on the “Medical radiology diagnostic procedures and the protection of radiation norms in the treatment”. According to the inspection materials of the regulatory unit, the inspection of the establishments N5, N8, N9, N11, N12, N18 and N19 in 2015 revealed that the walls and floors of medicine storage facilities are surfaced in the manner which makes the wet processing impossible, thus violating the sanitary/hygienic technical regulations established for pharmacies under Article 1 of the Order N575 of 24 September 2014 of the Government of Georgia on “Technical Regulations - , sanitary and hygienic facilities / technical conditions of the pharmacy (specialized trading unit) and the retail trade “. At the time of the visit of the Special Prevention Group159 the medicine storage was inspected at the establishment N12. Storage was located in two small rooms. It is worth noting that the conditions of storage rooms did not comply with the requirements of the Order N575 of 24 September 2014 of the Government of Georgia. The surface of the pharmacy ceilings and wall did not allow processing and disinfection as required. Responsible for storage explained that it is planned to relocate the storage in the medical unit. During the visit of the new storage room repairs were ongoing. 158 The letter N11796/15 of the deputy director of establishment N12, received by the Public Defender’s office on 6 October 2015. 159 The post monitoring report of the visit to the establishment N12 is available at: http://www.ombudsman.ge/uploads/other/3/3456.pdf [last accessed21.03.2016]. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015 93