2.3.35. 2.3.36. 2.3.37. 2.3.38. 2.3.39. 2.3.40. psychiatric, and other narrowly-specialized medical services as necessary. For women held in the isolator, it is necessary to ensure proper access to health care and services in the inpatient facilities of the PI. If the care of a child under the age of three is organized in a PI, it is necessary to ensure legislative and practical mechanisms for the mother, who is deprived of her liberty, to accompany the child to the medical institutions of the healthcare authorities. Regular visits of a pediatrician to the Abovyan Penitentiary Institution shall be secured. For each child living in the PI with the mother, a separate personal medical record shall be prepared, which shall contain information on the child’s health condition, as well as its developments and records of any examination or inspection. In case of the person’s transfer to another institution, this record shall be sent to the doctor in the accepting institution. A scheme for screening tests of women deprived of liberty shall be developed. Women deprived of liberty shall be offered preventive health activities, such as Papanikolau tests, breast cancer and gynecological cancer screening tests on an equal basis as those provided to same-age women that are in freedom. Screening tests of women’s health condition upon admission to a PI shall include comprehensive screening for determination of the primary health needs, which shall detect: a) The existence of sexually-transmitted or bloodborne diseases and, depending on the risk factors, women deprived of liberty may be offered an HIV test, including pre-test and post-test counseling; b) Mental health needs, including post-traumatic stress disorder and the risks of suicide and self-harm; 25   

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