capacity of civilian hospitals to deal with prisoners. According to the information received from the Ministry of Corrections, prisoners are contractually served by 51 civilian clinics. In addition, prisoners are served by the Center for the Treatment of Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation (the Institution no. 19) and the Treatment Institution for Accused and Convicted Persons (the Institution no. 18). It should be noted that the temporary closure of the Treatment Institution for Accused and Convicted Persons due to a major overhaul created problems in terms of timely access to medical services. However, the re-opening of the Institution should strongly affect the capacity of the penitentiary healthcare system in a positive sense. The tables below show the number of healthcare personnel in the relevant units of the above-mentioned penitentiary medical facilities. INSTITUTION NO.18 Division Number of staff Division Chief doctor 1 Reception Deputy chief doctor 1 Chief doctor 1 Doctor (on duty) 4 7 Long-term care unit Number of staff Chief of unit 1 Nurse General practitioner 1 Radiology division Doctor 3 X-ray specialist 1 Doctor (on duty) 1 Endoscopy specialist 1 Cardiologist 1 X-ray assistant 4 Neurologist 1 Nurse 1 Epidemiologist 1 Lab Endocrinologist 1 Chief of lab 1 Skin specialist 1 Lab doctor 6 Chief nurse 1 Lab assistant 4 Nurse 8 Thereapeutic division NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA 97