Penitentiary Department on installing surveillance cameras in all wards at the psychiatry
unit, so as to ensure the privacy of patients. However, this recommendation was not
followed, and every cell in the psychiatric unit is equipped with surveillance cameras.
In 2014, the public Defender also addressed the Minister of Corrections to install an
appropriate ventilation system in the operating room and the X-ray room and ensure
good working of the ventilation system at this establishment. According to the response
received from the medical department, a ventilation hood was installed in the X-ray
room, as for the operating room- a new ventilation system with ‘Hepa’ filters, which
corresponds to the requirements of the Order № 385 of the Government of December
17, 2010 on “Rules of Medical Activity Licensing and Issuing the permit for Stationary
Institutions” and technical regulations N83 of 16 January2014 on the “Medical radiology
diagnostic procedures and the protection of radiation norms in the treatment”.
2.5.2.2. Medical Infrastructure of Penitentiary Establishments
Healthcare services at penitentiary establishments are provided by 37 basic healthcare
teams and 2 medical institutions. According to information received from the Medical
Department of the Ministry of Corrections, the equipment of the basic healthcare teams
encompass a defibrillator, a pair of scales, a stadiometer, a cardiograph, a glucometer, a
blood pressure measurement device, an X-ray viewer, dental chairs, negatoscope, little
manipulation equipment, the patient couch for examining, operating table, sterilizer,
reflector / lamp, quartz lamp, medicine cupboard, iron table, tools and materials for a
variety of surgical tools, desk / chairs, a washstand, a different number sewing needles
and surgical material, hand-processing solutions.
TB Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre equipment includes X-ray, echoscope and laboratory, dental chair, small manipulations room, sterilization room, resistant TB unit,
sensitive TB unit and stationary unit. N18 Establishment for Treatment of Accused and
Convicted Persons is equipped with: X-ray, echoscopy, endoscopy (gastroscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy), elastoscopy (fibroscan), shock room, laboratory (clinical, bacteriological, biochemical), sterilization room, a dental room, psychiatry/observation room,
infections/TB, long term care unit/rehabilitation rooms, therapy, surgery block, department of critical medicine and surgery.
According to the information received from the Institution,157 the unit for long-term visits was built in 2015; 7 rooms designed for the psycho-rehabilitation program “Atlantis”
were repaired; a special ward for post-operative and health complications was repaired
and re-equipped; living rooms with appropriate equipment were arranged for disabled
157 Written response N739/16 of the director of the establishment N5, received by Public Defender on
21 January 2016.
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