MOSCOW, July 11 (RAPSI, Lyudmila Klenko) - The Ministry of Health of  Russia established the procedure for medical examination of detainees in temporary detention centers, Izvestia newspaper reported on Monday, citing the Ministry’s press-secretary Oleg Salagai.

According to the new procedure, within two hours after arriving at the detention center inmate will be examined by medical professionals. Inmate will have blood pressure and pulse measured by the staff, which will also check the condition of internal organs through the methods of percussion, palpation and auscultation. Doctors of the facilities will have to keep journals listing information on the condition of detainees and file reports if the latter have medical conditions preventing staying in a center.

If disease is revealed, detainee is to be transferred to a hospital. The examination will be carried out only with the written consent of a prisoner or his legal representative.

According to Izvestia, the Ministry of Health’s order will come into force in the near future. After that the number of doctors and paramedics working in prisons will be established as well.