Anahit Manasyan has visited the Syunik regional psychiatric dispensary.
21-07-2026 14:47 Press release
During her working visit to the Syunik region, the Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan visited the regional psychiatric dispensary of Syunik.
The Defender toured the dispensary premises, examining the state of ensuring the rights of patients and the process of organizing the services provided:
During the visit, a number of key issues related to the protection of patients' rights were studied, particularly the possibilities for exercising the right to communicate with the outside world, the legal grounds and procedures for the use of restraint measures, the conditions for ensuring personal hygiene, the sanitary-hygienic situation, the provision of an adapted and accessible environment, the availability of legal assistance, as well as other important issues from the perspective of human rights protection.
The Human Rights Defender and representatives of the Ombudsman's office held private conversations with the patients, allowing them to voice their concerns and issues.
The Defender paid special attention to the possibilities of ensuring patients' engagement and social inclusion, maintaining social connections, emphasizing that systematic and continuous steps are necessary in this direction to promote their recovery, independence, and more active participation in public life.
At the same time, Anahit Manasyan also familiarized herself with the working conditions of the institution's staff, emphasizing the importance of providing a safe, dignified, and proper working environment for them as a necessary prerequisite for quality care and service delivery.
The Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan highlights the need for improving building conditions and the initiatives currently being implemented in this direction, stressing the importance of consistent steps aimed at ensuring a dignified and safe environment.
Ombudsman
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