- 10 26. However, the delegation was concerned by the situation in the so-called emergency unit, where it found several patients no longer in need of hospital psychiatric treatment or whose period of observation had been completed and the report sent to the competent authority. In one case, the placement had been made almost a year ago. The delegation was informed that the doctors and the Administrative Board had sought several times, but in vain, to have these persons admitted to appropriate institutions. The CPT recommends that the Greek authorities take appropriate measures to ensure that patients do not stay longer at the Attica State Mental Hospital for Children than their state of health requires. * * * 27. In conclusion, the CPT wishes to raise the question of the present function of Attica State Mental Hospital for Children. Originally intended to be a psychiatric hospital for children, it now has over a hundred chronic, mostly mentally handicapped adult patients cared for by a medical team mainly specialising in child psychiatry. In order to ensure satisfactory care for these patients, particularly from the therapeutic point of view, particular attention should be given to this development in their age and condition. The CPT would welcome the Greek authorities' comments on this point.