Psychiatric hospital

Two prison officers arrested for fatal neglect in connection with the suicide of a 22-year-old female inmate found hanged in the Korydallos prison hospital on Friday have been released without any restrictions after appearing before an investigative magistrate on Tuesday.

The union representing public hospital workers, POEDIN, has called a 24-hour strike on Monday and is organizing a protest rally at 11 a.m. on downtown Athens' Syntagma Square. 

A report published by the Council of Europe's Committee for Prevention of Torture on Tuesday after a three-day visit to Albania said that there is an urgent need to establish a specialised forensic psychiatric facility in the country to accommodate and treat male and female forensic psychiatric patients.

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee urges Bulgaria to stop physical ill-treatment of psychiatric patients and social care residents and to immediately cease the shameful practice of using chains as a means of restraint

Greece's three main psychiatric hospitals are reportedly in crisis mode due to an increasing influx of patients, understaffing, a lack of funding, crumbling infrastructure as well as severe equipment shortages.

Experts are helping former inmates of the Leros Psychiatric Hospital to recuperate from their time at the notorious island facility.

An analysis of all psychiatric hospitals, mental health centers and psychiatric wards, including the building stock and equipment, has been made and I have informed the Cabinet of their condition, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev told journalists at the Council of Ministers.
 

KURILO, Bulgaria: At the psychiatric hospital in Kurilo in the mountainous countryside near the Bulgarian capital Sofia, around 100 patients languish on their beds in dilapidated surroundings.

For hospital director Tsveteslava Galabova, the facility is "representative" of the state of psychiatric hospitals across the country.

The union of Greek hospital workers, POEDIN, on Monday issued a statement expressing concern about the conditions in which health care staff work after a patient at the Dromokaiteio psychiatric hospital allegedly bit a nurse.

According to POEDIN's statement the patient is HIV positive.

Reforms have improved the quality of psychiatric care in Greece but the closure of several specialist clinics due to the austerity demanded by the country's creditors has shifted a large part of the burden onto state hospitals, a European report has found.