-6The delegation was informed that several doctor's posts were vacant but were due to be filled. The hospital authorities especially deplored the lack of qualified staff for running therapeutic activities. In this respect, it is true that the available resources are not yet sufficient for developing varied programmes of activities involving a full range of treatment (somato-, psycho-, socio- and occupational therapy). The nursing staff numbered 158, with regular assistance from nine outside health-care staff involved in activities with patients. Most importantly, the numbers of qualified nursing staff had increased substantially since the CPT's first visit. Of the present nursing staff, forty had full three-year training and nearly a hundred two years' training. 13. The CPT cannot but express satisfaction with the positive developments as regards the hospital's nursing staff. Further effort is needed, however, particularly with regard to qualified staff for therapeutic activities. Accordingly, it recommends that the Greek authorities take steps to increase substantially the number of such staff. It also wishes to know whether the vacant doctor's posts have now been filled. 14. There has been a considerable improvement in patients' material living conditions. Out of a total of 11 units, four pavilions/sections have been renovated since the 1993 visit. The delegation was particularly pleased to note that this included Pavilion E, which had been seriously criticised by the CPT. The patients had been transferred to a new, more functional, very well-appointed and decorated unit with a stimulating environment, called "Rainbow". Pavilion Z, which had also been visited in 1993, had been closed and the patients transferred to a new unit, where the bedrooms and day-rooms were also cheerful and well-appointed. Current renovation plans included the so-called emergency unit, the neurology unit and Pavilion C (also known as Section 3). The delegation noted this with interest, particularly as regards Pavilion C. Conditions in that pavilion were the same as described in the CPT's previous report. The patients' sleeping and living areas were still bare and devoid of any personal touches, offering them virtually no stimulation (no personal items, nothing to play with or to entertain them, except a TV set in a common room, no decoration). The toilets and washrooms still showed certain deficiencies: in particular, the floors were slippery and dangerous both for patients - especially those with reduced or limited motor capacity - and for the staff in charge of the patients' personal hygiene; the sanitary facilities were dilapidated and not suitable for patients who have become adults. The situation was similar in Pavilion A (also called Section A or 1), about which the delegation was unable to find out precisely whether there were any plans for renovation or refitting in the short or medium term. However, all the patients' sleeping and living areas in the various units and pavilions visited were clean and well kept. The efforts made in this respect by the nursing and auxiliary staff, especially those in charge of patients with severe mental and psychomotor handicaps, were praiseworthy. The CPT can only welcome this development (cf. paragraph 234 of its previous report).