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In 2010 there were 16 inpatient facilities that reported having dedicated beds for addictive substance detoxification,
with three in university hospitals, four in hospitals, and nine in psychiatric institutes. The largest number of
detoxification units was in Prague 73 , and there were no detoxification units in the Karlovy Vary, Ústí nad Labem, and
Pardubice regions. Patients undergoing detoxification were hospitalised in another 12 inpatient facilities, even though
these facilities did not have specially designated beds for this type of treatment; these were mainly emergency care
hospitals 74 . In sum, detoxification was carried out in 28 inpatient facilities in 2010 – four university hospitals, 14
hospitals, and ten psychiatric hospitals. The only region where the detoxification of alcohol/drug-using patients was
not carried out was the Karlovy Vary region; see Map 5-3 and Table 5-14.
A total of 163 beds are designated to the detoxification of alcohol/drug-using patient in 16 detoxification units. The
largest number of beds (16) was in the detoxification units (male and female) at the Bohnice Psychiatric Institute in
Prague, while the Military Hospital in Olomouc had 15 dedicated beds. Patients were hospitalised in 14 beds at the
Havlíčkův Brod Psychiatric Hospital and at the Detoxification Centre for Children and Adolescents at the Hospital of
the Sisters of Mercy of St Charles Borromeo. The lowest bed capacity (four beds) was reported by the detoxification
unit at the Kroměříž Psychiatric Hospital (Nechanská, 2011f).
Detoxification was also carried out in five prisons in 2010; for more information see the chapter on Responses to
Drug-related Health Issues in Prisons (p. 128).
Map 5-3: Network of detoxification units and facilities providing detoxification in non-dedicated beds in 2010 (Nechanská,
2011f)
facilities as of 31 December 2010. All hospitals and psychiatric hospitals received this table to complete. As a result, numbers were
obtained regarding designated beds in detoxification units as of 31 December 2010 and regarding patients who underwent detoxification
in 2010 in detoxification units, as well as other departments and wards that did not have beds specially dedicated to detoxification.
Information on the duration of the detoxification was also obtained.
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Prague is also home to the only detoxification unit in the Czech Republic designated for children and adolescents – the Detoxification
Centre for Children and Adolescents at the Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy of St Charles Borromeo (for more information see the 2008
Annual Report).
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Detoxification was carried out in standard beds in various departments in inpatient facilities. In most cases these were psychiatric
departments, juvenile psychiatric departments, or departments for treating alcohol/drug-using (AT) patients (nine facilities).
Detoxification was carried out in the internal departments of two facilities, and one facility admitted patients to detoxification according to
the current free bed capacity, mainly in the psychiatric departments but also in the internal and paediatrics departments.
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