Ex-Interior Minister was first to reveal brutal treatment of patients

First who revealed the inhuman treatment of patients in Tallinn hospitals was Estonian -ex-Interior Minister and Member of Parliament R. Lepikson who saw the inner life of hospitals in Tallinn and way off more human Germany during the battle with the illness his wife had. Revealing in 2006 what he had seen in hospitals after the death of his wife was followed unfortunately two months later with his own fatal heart attack but his powerful message has been strongly remembered.

Since that many more similar cases have been released but not much has changed.

This website was created in late Jan 2011, 15 months after the brutal treatment of my son in Tallinn biggest hospital - coincidentally the very same hospital and the very same department Lepiksons had been, where he perished in autumn 2009. Compiling the new human rights report for the United Nations for 2011 Feb review in Geneva Estonian government excluded human rights violation cases in Estonian health institutions completely from the report, excluding also Patients Advocacy Association first time ever from the list of NGOs whose opinion authorities asked. We ask both UN and other international organizations to force Estonian government to respect human rights and obey criminal legislation also in hospitals, and to finally compile, adopt and respect the Patients Rights Law and to end the Soviet style handling of complaints and torture by some doctors, nurses and authorities responsible for the constant and severe violation of Human Rights, Constitution and UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment in Estonian, mostly Tallinn hospitals.

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