- 28 68. The establishment’s visiting area consisted of 20 partitioned-off places, inmates being separated from their visitors by glass and communicating with them via a telephone. A few chairs were in view, but only on the visitors’ side. There were no facilities for open visits. The CPT recommends that immediate steps be taken at the Avlona Institution for Male Juvenile Offenders to provide inmates with chairs during visits. The Committee also recommends that the Greek authorities explore the possibility of holding visits under more open conditions; visits under closed booth-type conditions should be the exception rather than the rule. 5. Health-care issues 69. At Korydallos Prison for men, the staffing levels of the health-care service continued to be a serious problem. The delegation was informed that 85% of the health-care staff posts were not filled (60% of the nursing staff posts). The full-time medical staff comprised one general practitioner (GP) and one psychiatrist; in addition, a number of outside doctors held surgeries. Further, as in 1997, there was a shortage of qualified nursing personnel: the establishment employed two qualified nurses and seven prison officers acting as auxiliary nurses. Health care at the Avlona Institution for Male Juvenile Offenders was provided by two nurses working in the mornings; further, a prison officer acting as an auxiliary nurse was present in the afternoons. As regards doctors, two visiting GPs attended the establishment twice a week, and a psychiatrist and a dentist, once a week. In case of emergency, inmates were transported to the communal health-centre in the nearby town, and could also be transferred for treatment to Korydallos Prison Hospital. The CPT recommends that steps be taken: - to fill the vacant posts in the health-care service at Korydallos Prison for men; - to increase the GPs’ and the dentist’s attendance hours at the Avlona Institution for Male Juvenile Offenders; as regards the former, their presence should be equivalent to at least one full-time post; - to increase the nurses’ attendance hours at the Avlona Institution for Male Juvenile Offenders, and ensure that someone qualified to provide first aid is always present at the establishment. 70. It became obvious that there was no systematic medical screening of inmates on admission at either Korydallos Prison for Men or the Avlona Institution for Male Juvenile Offenders. The CPT has stressed in its previous visit reports the importance of medical screening of new arrivals; such screening is indispensable, in particular in the interest of preventing the spread of transmissible diseases, suicide prevention and the timely recording of injuries. Consequently, the CPT recommends that the Greek authorities ensure that every newly-arrived prisoner at Korydallos Prison for Men and the Avlona Institution for Male Juvenile Offenders is properly interviewed and physically examined by a medical doctor as soon as possible after his admission. Such medical screening on admission could also be performed by a fully qualified nurse reporting to a doctor.