- 63 C. Psychiatric Institutions 1. Preliminary remarks 192. The CPT's delegation made visits to the following psychiatric institutions: the Attica State Mental Hospital (Athens), the Attica State Mental Hospital for children (Rafina), the Lepida and Lakki Public Health Establishments (Leros) and the Hospital for children with special needs (Leros). a. general description of the institutions 193. The Attica State Mental Hospital in Athens, built in 1926, is an extensive multi-pavilion complex with a capacity of some 2,000 beds. This institution also serves as a general hospital for the region. On the first day of the visit, the hospital was caring for a total of 1,781 patients: 1,028 adult males, 711 adult females and 42 patients classed as children (in fact, most were young adults). Since a fairly recent date, children are no longer admitted but instead are referred to the children's psychiatric hospital at Rafina. Psychiatric patients are distributed among 16 clinical departments: 12 psychiatric departments, 2 psycho-geriatric departments, 1 department for the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction, and 1 short-term therapy department for acute cases. The hospital receives both voluntary patients and patients committed in accordance with civil law. It does not admit patients under criminal warrant who are awaiting trial or who have been sentenced. Such patients are admitted only where they have been declared criminally irresponsible and placed in psychiatric confinement in a civil hospital by court order under Section 69 of the Penal Code. They are then regarded as ordinary patients, although their release must be decided by a criminal court. 194. The Attica State Mental Hospital for children at Rafina, in the outer suburbs of Athens, is a fairly large complex about 20 years old. This institution is the only such hospital in Greece and therefore receives patients from all parts of the country. It also administers child guidance centres located outside the hospital premises. The hospital is set in rural surroundings between mountain and sea. Patients are accommodated in four units located in buildings clustered around the administration block and also in a group of fairly small pavilions and older buildings lying at the back of the grounds. At the time of the visit, the hospital had 145 mental patients aged 5 to 30, suffering from behavioural disorders and severe mental and motor handicaps. These patients were hospitalised in accordance with civil law.