- 67 The total strength of the staff designated as nursing personnel (nurses/nursing assistants) amounted
to 581 (the official number of posts being 1,162), in other words a ratio of approximately one nursing staff
member per three patients. According to the information obtained, only two staff members had undergone
full training (3 years). Other nursing staff had been trained for 9 months or thereabouts and some 450 had
received either 3 months training as nursing auxiliaries or no training at all.
206. The Attica State Mental Hospital for children had a team of 12 part-time child psychiatrists and
15 assistant doctors. A team of 11 psychologists, 5 occupational therapists and 1 physiotherapist was
counted as part of the hospital staff. Both the doctors and the members of the para-medical team also had
duties outside the hospital. The staff classed as nursing personnel consisted of 185 persons, some 25 of
whom were fully-trained. The ratio of nursing staff to patients was 1.27 staff member per patient (cf.
however, paragraph 209, sub-paragraph 2).
207. The Lepida and Lakki establishments on Leros were staffed as follows: 39 doctors including 8
psychiatrists; 1 psychologist; 1 physiotherapist; 155 nurses, of whom about seven had undergone three
years of nursing training and the remainder short (1-2 year) courses to approximately nursing assistant
standard, and 234 persons with nursing auxiliary status. Consequently, the overall nursing staff to patients
ratio was approximately 1 staff member per 2 patients.
It should be pointed out, however, that the numbers given above include the Leros general hospital
staff as well as the staff assigned to the Lepida and Lakki establishments. The delegation was not supplied
with an exact breakdown of the staff allocated to each activity sector of the Public Health Establishments.
Furthermore, since the administrative amalgamation early in 1993 of the Public Health Establishments and
the Hospital for children with special needs, the Public Health Establishments' medical team had been
required to care for the children hospitalised in the second establishment.
It should be added that, under the Community programme, teams of practitioners not financed
under the Public Health Establishments' budget were working in the establishments. These comprised 15
foreign professionals specialising in mental health, 54 psychologists, occupational therapists and social
workers, and 4 physiotherapists.
208. The Hospital for children with special needs had been staffed since January 1993 by a team of
five doctors sent on a part-time basis from the Public Health Establishments of Leros. The doctor in charge
of the hospital was qualified as an orthopaedic surgeon and, at the same time, headed the orthopaedic
clinic of the general hospital; he was assisted by a psychiatrist, a lung specialist and two general
practitioners. Dental care was also provided by the Public Health Establishments.
There were 35 persons classed as nursing staff, only one of whom had received nursing training
(and who was engaged in administrative and supervisory duties). The ratio of nursing staff to inmates was
approximately 1 staff member per 4 patients.
The delegation was informed that, as from 29 March 1993, under the Community-financed
biennial programme recently commenced, the hospital was to be assigned a team specifically responsible
for implementing the programme, consisting, on a full-time basis, of 2 qualified nurses, 1 physiotherapist,
1 occupational therapist and 1 psychologist as well as, on a part-time basis, of 1 psychiatrist, 1 neurologist
and 1 social worker. The CPT would like to receive confirmation of the above.
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