Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2013
programme was carried out, of which the completion was planned for the end of
2013. The director of the centre informed, that within a few following days after
the day of the visit of inspection a receipt of new buildings had been planned
which were being planned moving residents to. Next the equipment and furniture for equipping new facilities in the large portion were already purchased. In
new buildings, adapted for needs of disabled persons, rooms with three beds were
planned with bathrooms, as well as room of the daily stay, dining room, room for
exercises, support kitchens for residents.
6.3.8. Staff
At two of centres visited in 2013242 an indicator determined in the regulation
from 23 August 2012 of employing workers of the therapeutic-protective team,
employed in whole working hours, wasn’t carried out.
6.3.9. Health care
In some of visited centres, representatives of the Mechanism received pointing signals of problems in providing the proper health care for residents. These
concerned the problem in the access to the child psychiatrist and the speech therapist243, the long waiting time for consultation of the cardiologist244, distant schedules of planned treatments, e.g. of operation of cataract245, the hampered access to
the dental care for patients, which due to the absence of co-operation or the kind
of the complaint require curing in the general anesthesia246.
7. Psychiatric hospitals
7.1. Introduction
In 2013, the representatives of the NMP visited 11 psychiatric hospitals247:
of which 4 intended for implementing preventive measures, 3 under enhanced
security conditions and 3 under basic and enhanced security conditions. The
visiting team paid special attention to the situation of the perpetrators of criminal
Social Care Centre in Olsztyn, Social Care Centre in Węgorzewo.
Social Care Centre in Grajewo.
244
Social Care Centre in Jaworzno, Social Care Centre in Radom.
245
Social Care Centre in Radom.
246
Social Care Centre in Węgorzewo.
247
Hospitals in: Radom, Radecznica, Dębica, Międzyrzecze, Gniezno, Lubliniec, Branice, Ciborz, Węgorzewo, Lublin, Toszek.
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