The service for the protection of the rights of patients in mental hospitals will create to 2019
The organization will appear under the Commissioner for human rights.
Moscow. 28 Nov. INTERFAX.RU — the Commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova will create the service for the protection of the rights of patients in psychiatric institutions, the newspaper “Izvestia” on Monday.
The main objective of the service — the supervision of psychiatric institutions. It should include people with expertise in psychiatry and human rights. This work can be recruited and the organization of the public monitoring commissions.Tatiana Miscellaneously on human rights in Hsitate also
For the Russian doctors will do the analogue Siri
According to the Commissioner, the service should be independent from the Ministry of health and consist of professionals whose main goal should be monitoring of institutions where persons suffering from mental illness people.
The Ombudsman said that now remains to be determined whether a special unit created within the office of the Commissioner or at the office, you will also need to amend the laws on Ombudsman and on psychiatric care.
It is assumed that if such a law is passed, it will enter into force in 2019. It will be necessary to calculate the financing, staffing, to determine the functionality.Tatiana Miscellaneously on human rights in Russia
The newspaper reminds that the provision of service for the protection of patients ‘ rights is in article 38 as adopted in 1992 law “On psychiatric care and guarantees of citizens ‘rights in its provision”, however, over the past 25 years, this service was never created. Still there is no law or regulations governing his work.