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9.14 MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR INTERNED POWSIn addition to the rules relating to the general rules applicable to the medical care of thewounded and sick, 264 the following rules also apply to the medical care of POWs who have beeninterned in POW camps.The GPW and the GWS contemplate that POWs will benefit from the services of retainedmedical personnel or POWs who are trained as medical personnel but not attached to the medicalservice. 265 However, the provision in the GPW and the GWS for such personnel does not relievethe Detaining Power of its obligations to provide for the medical care of POWs. 2669.14.1 Access to Medical Attention.9.14.1.1 Camp Infirmary. Every camp shall have an adequate infirmary wherePOWs may have the attention they require, as well as an appropriate diet. 267 Isolation wardsshall, if necessary, be set aside for cases of contagious or mental disease. 2689.14.1.2 Right of POWs to Present Themselves for Examination. POWs may notbe prevented from presenting themselves to the medical authorities for examination. 269The GPW contemplates that POWs would have daily sick call in which they couldpresent themselves for medical examination, even when undergoing disciplinary punishment. 270The right of POWs to present themselves for examination does not mean that POWs mustnecessarily be examined every day by a doctor, nor does it preclude disciplinary punishment ifPOWs abusively make groundless requests for medical examination. 2719.14.1.3 Monthly Medical Inspections. Medical inspections of POWs shall beheld at least once a month. 272 They shall include the checking and the recording of the weight ofeach POW. 273 Their purpose shall be, in particular, to supervise the general state of health,nutrition, and cleanliness of POWs, and to detect contagious diseases, especially tuberculosis,264 Refer to § 7.5.2 (Medical Care of the Wounded and Sick).265 Refer to § 7.9 (Captured Medical and Religious Personnel).266 Refer to § 7.9.6 (No Relief of Obligations of the Detaining Power).267 GPW art. 30 (“Every camp shall have an adequate infirmary where prisoners of war may have the attention theyrequire, as well as appropriate diet.”).268 GPW art. 30 (“Isolation wards shall, if necessary, be set aside for cases of contagious or mental disease.”).269 GPW art. 30 (“Prisoners of war may not be prevented from presenting themselves to the medical authorities forexamination.”).270 Refer to § 9.27.6.4 (Attendance at Daily Medical Inspection and Medical Attention).271 Compare § 10.14.1.2 (Right of Internees to Present Themselves for Examination).272 GPW art. 31 (“Medical inspections of prisoners of war shall be held at least once a month.”).273 GPW art. 31 (“They shall include the checking and the recording of the weight of each prisoner of war.”).548