- 72 provision of specialist medical care on a regular basis, the most urgent need being
for a psychiatrist (paragraph 106);
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a detailed needs assessment to be carried out in all prisons, having regard to their particular
characteristics, to determine the requirements in terms of health care staff (paragraph 106);
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in each prison, a senior doctor to be appointed as the head of health care, with a
responsibility for managing the health care service and ensuring there is a regular
consultation process among the staff (paragraph 107);
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every newly-arrived prisoner to be properly interviewed and physically examined by a
medical doctor as soon as possible after his admission. Save for exceptional circumstances,
that interview should carried out on the day of admission, especially insofar as remand
establishments are concerned. Such medical screening on admission could also be
performed by a fully qualified nurse reporting to a doctor (paragraph 109);
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a personal medical file to be opened for each prisoner, containing diagnostic information as
well as an ongoing record of the prisoner’s state of health, of any special examinations he
has undergone and of his treatment. In the event of the prisoner being transferred, the file
should be forwarded to the head of the medical service in the receiving establishment
(paragraph 110);
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the authorities to take additional steps to ensure that the confidentiality of medical data is
respected, in compliance with the Prison Law (paragraph 110);
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any information of relevance within a prisoner’s personal medical record to only be
communicated to the Prison, Labour and Disciplinary Councils by the head of the health
care service in each prison. None of the non-medical staff, including the Directors of the
prisons, should have access to the prisoner’s personal medical record (paragraph 110);
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the Greek authorities to establish systems to ensure that in all prison establishments, inmates
who are HIV positive can be cared for and treated without recourse to transfer to Korydallos
Prison Hospital. Further, they should institute a health information programme in all prisons
about transmissible diseases, and prison staff should be given specific training on the issue
of transmissible diseases (paragraph 112);
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the Greek authorities to ensure that the precepts raised in paragraph 113 as regards prisoners
tested for HIV are fully respected in practice (paragraph 113);
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a comprehensive strategy to be drawn up for the provision of assistance to all prisoners with
drug-related problems (paragraph 115);
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the Greek authorities to ensure that the nursing complement at Korydallos Prison Hospital is
adequate to meet the needs of the patients at all times (paragraph 116);
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the Greek authorities to take the necessary measures in light of the remarks made in
paragraph 118 as regards the isolation unit of Korydallos Prison Psychiatric Hospital
(paragraph 118);
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the Greek authorities to take the necessary steps to fill the vacant health care posts within
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