September 9, Vitebsk activist Sergey Ryzhov was signed by doctors of Vitebsk regional psychiatric hospital, a power of attorney to represent the interests of the doctor Igor Pastnova placed on involuntary psychiatric treatment. But a few hours later he was informed that prohibit dating Dr. Postnov.

According to Sergey Ryzhov, power of attorney in the hospital for a problem - first, administration officials told him that Pastnov not want to see his agent:

"But I was deceived, and Dr. Postnov too - to him about my person did not have speech. I learned this from Igor Postnov personally. 9 September I visited him, and he and I talked for over an hour. Our speech in which he participated and head of the department Natalya Vasilyeva, I recorded on tape. Objections on its part was not. After some time, in walked the deputy chief doctor hospital Igor Svirkunov and ordered me to delete the record. Otherwise I would not let loose and threatened to call the police. I had to pretend that I might destroy them that record. But in fact I was able to keep it, because Postnov sincerely talked about what to do in the hospital. I left the hospital, and after a while a call to the post of Nurse - this number can communicate with patients. But when he heard my name, threw up. I called the ordinatorskoy, and already they told me that our relationship with Postnov limited on the basis of Article 40 of the Law on Mental Health Care."

The article states that the psychiatric hospital patients may be limited to certain rights under the order of physicians. In particular, they may be allowed to meet with visitors or use your mobile phone in the opinion of the doctor, "is a danger to the patient or others."

According to Sergey Ryzhov, restriction of access due to the fact that was made at the meeting. Igor Postnov complained about the abusive practices of forced treatment - he clamped his nose , so he was forced to open his mouth, and the doctors were able to get him to swallow the medicine.

According to Sergey Ryzhov, Dr. Postnov looks haggard, haunted, and the doctors were unhappy when talking about the features of compulsory treatment. The discontent caused doctors and the promise of Sergey Ryzhov apply to Postnov involved in the case of doctors added to the list of persons banned from entering the European Union, and the message is that the fact of making Igor Postnov a psychiatric hospital concerned about Russian and other foreign human rights activists.

Igor Postnov is in the 2nd locked ward of the regional center of Psychiatry and narkalegii August 16. Previously, he worked at the facility in psychiatry department of drug treatment. He became a patient in his former colleagues after a video message on the Internet, where is not the first time criticized the provincial leadership and the health authorities in the area. Igor Postnov also spoke about the fact that it is threatened by forced psychiatric treatment. Compulsory treatment of August 21 authorized the Vitebsk district court judge Tatyana Degtyareva. Postnov with it disagrees: he was not allowed to be present in court, to conclude a contract with a lawyer, and in general he believes that compulsory psychiatric treatment - this is revenge for his criticism of the authorities.

Radio Liberty