Odesa RMA ordered to inspect a psychiatric hospital

Deputy Head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Oleksandr Kharlov instructed the relevant department to conduct an inspection and immediately solve the problem with food in one of the regional specialized psychiatric medical institutions, UNN reports .

Regarding the situation in one of the regional specialized psychiatric medical institutions. I visited the place and talked to patients and medical staff. The situation with food does not meet the established requirements and standards and needs to be improved. He instructed the relevant department to inspect the medical institution, establish communication between patients and the hospital administration, develop a plan to immediately improve the conditions of patients' stay in the wards, and, most importantly, analyze and prepare a financial calculation of the possibility of increasing the cost of daily meals for patients within a day and immediately solve this problem

Mr. Khalov noted that the RMA Department will inform about the measures taken, their results and elimination of deficiencies by September 1 this year.

We keep all issues under our personal control. We are in constant communication with patients and staff

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Combat medic goes on hunger strike due to poor food and conditions in psychiatric hospital in Odesa region

In his social media posts, Petro Konoplya, a soldier with the 35th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrogradsky, known by his call sign “Trava,” noted that patients are fed food that looks more like glue, and the walls of the wards are covered with mold.

He attached a video to his message showing what the food and conditions of his stay in the hospital looked like.