Chancellor of Justice: Nursing home has no right to deprive people of liberty

Date of article: 31/01/2014

Daily News of: 12/02/2014

Country:  Estonia

Author: Chancellor of Justice of Estonia

Article language: en

Chancellor of Justice Indrek Teder has sent a proposal to Pärnu-Jaagupi Nursing Home that they stop locking the doors of patients’ rooms. The Chancellor of Justice emphasises that Pärnu-Jaagupi Nursing Home and other similar institutions have no legal grounds to lock people in their rooms.

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