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ARMENIAN JUSTICE MINISTRY ACKNOWLEDGES A NUMBER OF ROUGH VIOLATIONS IN SYSTEM OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROVISION TO PRISONERS
ArmInfo
2010-07-27 17:40:00
ArmInfo. The Armenian Justice Ministry has acknowledged a number of
rough violations in the system of medical assistance provision to
prisoners. The sad ground for this acknowledgement was the death of
10 prisoners at various criminal-executive institutions of Armenia
over the first half-year of 2010.
Press Secretary of the Armenian Justice Minister Lana Mshetsyan
reported that the control department of the Justice Ministry
administration conducted investigation related to the cases of deaths
at the criminal- executive institutions and revealed a number of
problems. Armenian Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan gave a number of
instructions and presented the results of the work done to President
Serzh Sargsyan.
"It was stated in all the cases that death was not caused by subjective
factors, on the contrary, in many cases as a result of conscientious
and well-organized work, worsening of many prisoners' health was
prevented and medical services was improved. At the same time, it was
found out that in several cases the officials of criminal-executive
institutions and specialists of civil medical establishments made a
number of violations. There are also certain problems, the settlement
of which is conditioned by not only legal, but also financial and
technical, as well as organizational factors",- says the statement. The
investigation conducted found out violation of the provision of the
Armenian government's relevant decision envisaging weekly visits
of doctors to the prisoners; some specialists of the civil medical
establishments made a wrong diagnosis; it was not specified very
often which doctor provided medical assistance to the prisoners,
whereas it was to be done in compliance with the Armenian government's
decision. There are cases of ungrounded delay of consideration of
issues related to the prisoners suffering from a disease, which is
incompatible with imprisonment; in several case the medical report
wax ignored during the treatment; in some cases no investigation was
conducted on the death of a prisoner and no relevant conclusion was
made. In addition, there are cases when the prisoners were moved from
the "Hospital for defendants" criminal-executive institution to civil
medical establishments with delay, the defendants were not examined
by a physician for a long time, and the documents were registered
with rough violations.
The statement says that some extra funds are needed to provide
medical service to the prisoners at a proper level. For this
purpose the Justice Ministry intends to apply to the Armenian
government. The Prosecutor General's Office has also been informed
about the violations. In a number of cases materials were prepared
and criminal cases were instituted in due time.
At the same time, the justice minister gave relevant instructions
to the head of the criminal-executive department to bring those
responsible for the violations to disciplinary liability, liquidate
the conditions and reasons of violations as soon as possible, and
take relevant legal and organizational measures.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-07-27 17:40:00
ArmInfo. The Armenian Justice Ministry has acknowledged a number of
rough violations in the system of medical assistance provision to
prisoners. The sad ground for this acknowledgement was the death of
10 prisoners at various criminal-executive institutions of Armenia
over the first half-year of 2010.
Press Secretary of the Armenian Justice Minister Lana Mshetsyan
reported that the control department of the Justice Ministry
administration conducted investigation related to the cases of deaths
at the criminal- executive institutions and revealed a number of
problems. Armenian Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan gave a number of
instructions and presented the results of the work done to President
Serzh Sargsyan.
"It was stated in all the cases that death was not caused by subjective
factors, on the contrary, in many cases as a result of conscientious
and well-organized work, worsening of many prisoners' health was
prevented and medical services was improved. At the same time, it was
found out that in several cases the officials of criminal-executive
institutions and specialists of civil medical establishments made a
number of violations. There are also certain problems, the settlement
of which is conditioned by not only legal, but also financial and
technical, as well as organizational factors",- says the statement. The
investigation conducted found out violation of the provision of the
Armenian government's relevant decision envisaging weekly visits
of doctors to the prisoners; some specialists of the civil medical
establishments made a wrong diagnosis; it was not specified very
often which doctor provided medical assistance to the prisoners,
whereas it was to be done in compliance with the Armenian government's
decision. There are cases of ungrounded delay of consideration of
issues related to the prisoners suffering from a disease, which is
incompatible with imprisonment; in several case the medical report
wax ignored during the treatment; in some cases no investigation was
conducted on the death of a prisoner and no relevant conclusion was
made. In addition, there are cases when the prisoners were moved from
the "Hospital for defendants" criminal-executive institution to civil
medical establishments with delay, the defendants were not examined
by a physician for a long time, and the documents were registered
with rough violations.
The statement says that some extra funds are needed to provide
medical service to the prisoners at a proper level. For this
purpose the Justice Ministry intends to apply to the Armenian
government. The Prosecutor General's Office has also been informed
about the violations. In a number of cases materials were prepared
and criminal cases were instituted in due time.
At the same time, the justice minister gave relevant instructions
to the head of the criminal-executive department to bring those
responsible for the violations to disciplinary liability, liquidate
the conditions and reasons of violations as soon as possible, and
take relevant legal and organizational measures.
From: A. Papazian