- 53 The CPT reiterates once again its recommendation that the Greek authorities review the provision of health care in police and border guard stations and consider establishing a system of regular visits by doctors and/or nurses reporting to a doctor. 118. There were also many detained persons in the pre-removal centres and the RIC visited who approached the delegation and complained that they had not been granted access to a doctor. Although some had high fever or were in acute pain or psychotic crisis, despite their repeated requests to see a doctor, police officers at Fylakio and Moria Pre-removal Centre had not taken appropriate action. This was also partly due to the lack of staff and interpretation services available. The CPT recommends that the Greek authorities ensure that all detained persons be able to request and obtain a medical consultation, without such requests being filtered or controlled in any way by police officers. 119. The most striking example of the ineffective provision of health-care services for foreign nationals deprived of their liberty was the case of a 13-month-old baby who had been held for 12 days with his parents at Fylakio Pre-removal Centre. The infant had been suffering from a respiratory infection before his arrival at the centre and had become unwell. It was not until the morning of the delegation’s visit that the child was seen by the doctor of the centre. When the delegation saw the child, the infant was moribund (i.e. at the point of death) with acute respiratory distress, due to an asthma attack.82 No medical oxygen cylinder was available within the preremoval centre and the two oxygen bottles brought from the nearby RIC were both empty. This incident fully illustrates the effects that the lack of health-care staffing, interpretation services, basic medical equipment, routine medical screening on arrival, and access to a doctor have on the care afforded to persons detained at the Fylakio Pre-removal Centre. Such a state of affairs is completely unacceptable. The CPT calls upon the Greek authorities to take the necessary measures to ensure that effective medical care is provided at all facilities where irregular migrants are held. 120. The Committee remains concerned as regards the respect of medical confidentiality for persons detained by the police. Police officers continue to be present during all external examinations in public hospitals, to be provided with medical information on detained persons, and to be tasked with dispensing medication to them. The CPT reiterates once again its recommendation that the Greek authorities ensure that the principle of medical confidentiality is strictly respected. 82 The child’s oxygen saturation was only 66%. The infant was transferred together with his mother to the local hospital and subsequently to the University Hospital in Alexandroupoli, where the child then recovered.