Documents establish not only the order of visits of social activists such institutions, but also the exercise of there movies, conversations and so on. This was announced by Deputy Minister of health Oleg Salagay.
“This is a very serious step from the point of view of openness of the work of psychiatric hospitals, – emphasizes Oleg Salagay. And this step would not have been possible without the great work that was conducted by Russian psychiatrists and public figures. Special thanks to the Council on human rights under the President of the Russian Federation, whose members made some important proposals for revision of the documents. The way these orders was not easy. They prepared and discussed for about two years. And today this great work is completed”.
According to Deputy Chairman of the Public oversight of the chamber of Moscow eve Marichevoy, now you can test the closed mental hospital freely, to come to the aid of patients whose rights have been violated, promptly.
“let me Remind you that human rights activists harshly criticized the initial draft. In the version PMC members had to report about his visit for three days, while the draft document does not exclude the refusal to visit (in fact for any reason). Photo and video shooting were prohibited, communication with the patient – only with the permission of the doctor. The new version of the order (he went to the registration in the Ministry of justice) is written taking into account the comments of human rights defenders. Approved by one of the most successful orders of visiting the members of the PMC places of detention. The members of the PMC and to the adoption of the order visited a private psychiatric hospital. The people there, for example, complained that the personnel security purposes they have to take away points “and they can’t read and watch TV,” said Markachev.
