- 53 151. Such a health-care team could scarcely be considered adequate even if the prison was operating within its official capacity of 480, and is manifestly insufficient for an establishment accommodating more than 1400 prisoners. A prisoner in urgent need of medical care could, no doubt, be quickly transferred to the nearby Prison Hospital (cf. paragraphs 170 et seq.), where at least one doctor was always on duty; however, for non-urgent cases, the standard of care will inevitably be meagre with such an undermanned medical service. The CPT recommends that, as an initial measure, and pending a more thorough reinforcement of the prison's health-care service, steps be taken immediately to ensure: - attendance by general practitioners amounting to the equivalent of the presence of a full-time doctor; - assistance by an appropriate number of qualified nurses (cf. for example, Rule 30 of the Code of basic rules for the treatment of prisoners); - ready access for prisoners to a dentist. 152. The premises and equipment of the prison's small infirmary (there were no in-patient facilities) were of an adequate standard and the level of hygiene was good. Nevertheless, the delegation was not convinced that the confidentiality of medical data was fully guaranteed. 153. At Korydallos Womens Prison, the health-care service consisted essentially of a gynaecologist, a general practitioner and a psychiatrist, all part-time. Further, a dentist attended the establishment twice a week. They were assisted by a prison officer who had received nursing training and three other prison officers who had received some health-care training in-house. Once again, this is a poorly resourced health-care team, in view of the number of prisoners. The CPT recommends, as an initial measure, that steps be taken immediately to ensure attendance by general practitioners amounting to the equivalent of the presence of a full-time doctor. 154. Further, the premises of the prison infirmary were too small. In particular, the privacy of gynaecological examinations was not guaranteed. The CPT recommends that the infirmary's premises be enlarged. 155. The resources of the health-care service at Larissa Prison were extremely limited. A visiting general practitioner provided two weekly surgeries of two hours each, and a psychiatrist and a dentist also came to the establishment twice a week for a similar amount of time. They were assisted by two nurses and a prison officer working as a nursing assistant. Not surprisingly, there was a veritable shuttle service between the prison and the Larissa General Hospital (1773 transfers during 1992).

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