Human rights sources reported that a number of prisoners of conscience in al-Khalifa prisons demanded to take an action to improve their humanitarian conditions.
The sources stated that most important demand is to enable them to have the right to treatment, which requires a lot of attention, control and accountability, as the prisoner is waiting for months to be transferred to the medical clinic in the prison, and if so it only gives painkillers and the prisoner has to wait a lot to be transferred to the hospital to be checked by a specialized doctor to check on his health condition.
The sources pointed out that the health law recommends that the patient should be able to obtain treatment of high quality that heals his disease without discrimination, and the patient has the right to choose the service provider and change it, and when necessary to be transferred from the hospital must receive a full explanation of the reasons for this. The patient has the right to maintain his or her dignity during diagnosis and treatment while respecting his or her values, traditions and beliefs. He has the right to receive support from his family during the treatment period and to alleviate his suffering to the maximum extent available and at any moment where he needs help.
The sources asked the detainees: "Are these rights enforceable and protected by decision-makers in Bahraini prisons’?
Their response was that the law had no place in the "hell" – they mean the central prison of Joe, the cases are aggravated and patients with genetic diseases (diabetes, blood pressure and heart) are the first victims; they lose weight and need health care.
