Written by Mahmoud Hussein Monday, November 06, 2023 08:00 AM
The Psychiatric Patient Care Law specifies procedures and guarantees to protect and care for the patient. It also defines the rights of the psychiatric patient, and stipulates that the psychiatric patient shall enjoy the following rights:
1. Receive due care in a safe and clean environment.
2. Prohibition of restricting his freedom in contravention of the provisions of this law.
3. Taking note of the name and position of all members of the treatment team caring for him in the facility.
4. Refusing to be interviewed or treated by any member of the treatment team, provided that he responds to this right within the limits of available capabilities.
5. He received complete information about the diagnosis given to his condition, the proposed treatment plan, and the possible developments in his condition.
6. The treatment provided to him must be in accordance with established medical standards recognized in scientific circles.
7. It is necessary to obtain the approval of the Scientific Research Ethics Committee before being subjected to any clinical research.
8 – If he agrees to undergo experiments and scientific research, he must receive a full explanation of the purpose of the experiment, provided that it is prohibited to conduct experiments on patients subject to mandatory admission and treatment decisions.
9 – Protecting the confidentiality of information related to him and his medical file and not disclosing that information for purposes other than therapeutic purposes except in the following cases:
-Requesting information from a judicial authority.
-There is a strong possibility that serious harm or serious injury will occur to the patient or others.
– Cases of child abuse or suspicion of abuse.
– The right of the National Council for Mental Health to form a technical committee of specialized doctors who have the right to review patient records in accordance with Clause No. 4 of Article 7 of this law.
10 – Protecting his privacy, personal belongings, and place of residence in the facility.
11 – Obtaining a complete medical report on his psychological condition and all the examinations and therapeutic procedures that were performed on him during his treatment in the hospital, and in the event that he wishes to obtain a scan of the entire file, he may resort to the competent council for mental health, and the council may withhold this right temporarily for therapeutic reasons, and he has the right to The patient may file a grievance against this procedure in accordance with the provisions of this law and its executive regulations.
12 – Grievance against any action in accordance with the rules and procedures specified by the executive regulations of this law.
13 – Visitor interviews or refusal to meet them unless the interview conflicts with the treatment plan.
14- Enabling him to meet his lawyer.
15 – Obtaining medical leave according to the treatment plan drawn up for him.
16 – Requesting to leave the facility without the accompaniment of any of his family members when the period of his mandatory admission ends after obtaining a plan to care for him psychologically after leaving, taking into account his social care.
17 – Protection from economic and sexual exploitation, physical and psychological abuse and degrading treatment.
18 – Obtaining internal and external communication services in accordance with the established treatment plan in cases of voluntary treatment:
a. Receive the information necessary to give express, free and informed consent to each treatment proposed by the treatment team.
B. He refuses the treatment offered to him, provided that he is informed of the impact of this refusal on his health.
T. He took his opinion on all decisions related to his treatment and discharge from the facility and obtained in writing from the facility administration his treatment and discharge plan.
2023-11-06 06:00:00
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