Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:06:02 +0200https://english.radio.cz/inspection-psychiatric-childrens-ward-brings-shocking-facts-light-8082488© 2026 Radio Prague International An inspection by the health ministry at a psychiatric children's ward in the town of Bites has revealed gross malpractice: unnecessarily large amounts of tranquilizers to pacify distraught patients, injections being used as a form of punishment, children being placed in isolation and left there for much too long -even restrictions on taking a shower. As one of the inspectors put it "the place looked as if time had stood still for forty years and more" The results of the inspection -which was made on the grounds of a complaint from the Children at Threat NGO - has come as a shock and has left many people wondering whether such practices are widespread or whether this was a shocking exception. We put that question to Andrea Studihradova - president of the Czech Association for Mental Health : encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/inspection-psychiatric-childrens-ward-brings-shocking-facts-light-8082488 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9