At the time of monitoring, the Institution had the following medical equipment:
one 3-channel ECG (electrocardiograph), one UHF device, one electric stimulator
“myorhythm”, five glucometers, 36 blood pressure measuring devices with
stethoscopes, three 3-channel electrocardiographs, one echoscopy device, one
colonoscopy device, one gastroscopy device, one bronchoscopy device, one cardiac
monitor, five electric knives, three defibrillators, five artificial breathing machines,
three electric saws, one compressor, two surgery table, 2 surgery lights, two electric
surgery machines, forty-five wheelchairs and forty-two adjustable crutches.
In the psychiatric ward, there is an isolation room with a special bed with fastening
belts. There is a water closet inside the room. If a patient refuses to take medications
and food and disobeys the clinic rules, the relevant minutes are drawn up. On the
first day of our visit, only 5 cells could be monitored electronically but, based on the
Penitentiary Department’s decision, surveillance cameras were in the process of
getting installed in all of the rooms of the psychiatric ward.
2.5.2.2. TB TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTER
The Center’s capacity is 698 prisoners. At the time of the Special Preventive Group’s
visit, there were 168 prisoners at the institution. According to the institution’s director,
one convicted prisoner had been transferred to “Academician B. Naneishvili National
Center of Mental Health”.
Prisoners accommodated in the institution for treatment purposes are placed mostly
in the first and second buildings. The first building houses prisoners infected with
multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis MGB(+). The building has 18 rooms where there
were 8 prisoners by 11-12 December 2014. The other building is a four-story building.
On the first floor, there are offices for a chief doctor and a statistician as well as a
drug storage and a laboratory. On the third and fourth floors, prisoners infected with
sensitive and resistant forms of tuberculosis are accommodated in various wings of
the building. One part of the third floor has rooms for newly admitted prisoners who
are undergoing initial tests.
TB Treatment and Rehabilitation Center offers X-ray, echoscopy and lab tests. They
have a dentist’s room, a small manipulations room and a sterilization room.
2.5.2.3. MEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT PENITENTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Healthcare services in penitentiary institutions are provided by 37 primary healthcare
teams. According to information received from the Medical Department of the Ministry
of Corrections, each primary healthcare team is equipped with a defibrillator, a pair
of scales, a stadiometer, a cardiograph, a glucometer, a blood pressure measurement
device and an X-ray viewer. Dental rooms and small manipulation rooms are operational
in the institutions.
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