Nicosia psychiatric clinic needs more staff, patient segregation, says ombudswoman

The psychiatric clinic at Nicosia general hospital needs more staff as well as better segregation of patients according to the type of treatment they receive, the ombudswoman has recommended in a report made public on Thursday.

Maria Stylianou-Lottides’ report was based on an on-site visit to the psychiatric clinic that took place on November 7 last year. The inspection, carried out in the ombudswoman office’s capacity as the National Mechanism