Centre.343 The extremely deplorable situation in these institutions was assessed by the Special Preventive Group as a degrading and inhuman treatment.344 Batumi Medical Centre Ltd. Acad. B. Naneishvili National Mental Health Centre During visits made to the National Mental Health Centre on April 22-25, 2019 and the Psychiatric Hospital of Batumi Medical Centre on September 18-19 of the same year, patients were not provided with 8 sq. m. of space in accordance with the relevant standard345 and the distance between beds was less than 1.2 meters.346 There were also problems in terms of adaptation of the environment. Sanitary343 213 patients were placed during the visit. In its report of May 10, 2019, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture assesses the living conditions in hospital wards as degrading and inhuman. The report is available at: <https://rm.coe.int/1680945eca> [last accessed: 14.02.2020]. 345 According to the Terms of Permit for Inpatient Institutions approved by Resolution No. 385 of the Government of Georgia of December 17, 2010, the area in the ward shall be at least 8 sq. m. and the distance between beds shall be at least 1.2 meters. 346 The problem of overcrowding is especially acute in the men's ward of the Psychiatric Hospital of Batumi Medical Centre, due to which, patients' beds are placed in the corridor. 344 113