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Malta

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Prisons Regulations (Prisons Regulations, Subsidiary Legislation 260.03)Prisoners are entitled to the same level of free health services as persons who are not prisoners. The Service is to be composed of registered medical practitioners who shall visit the prison on a daily basis for as long as required, and also to remain on call at other times during the day or night. The Services establishes an equipped infirmary on prison premises in order to provide medical services to persons who would not require hospitalisation but who otherwise would be unfit to remain in their cells. Prisoners requiring hospitalisation or treatment outside of the prison are transferred to a hospital or specialised institution. The regulations requires the examination of every prisoner as soon as possible and within twenty-four hours from the moment of admission.

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