Two of Them
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I first entered ward B1 in the eleventh Pavilion of Leros Psychiatric Hospital in August 1993. Four huge rooms, each contain 20 beds. No sheets or pillows, just filthy rubber mattresses and an old cover - all year round, winter and summer. A large refectory, with tables and chairs set out only at stated hours. A wardrobe for everyday clothes of 56 people. Two showers - one of them unusable. A kitchen where nothing is actually cooked, but where meals for inmates brought from the central kitchens are distributed.......
Two of Them
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I first entered ward B1 in the eleventh Pavilion of Leros Psychiatric Hospital in August 1993. Four huge rooms, each contain 20 beds. No sheets or pillows, just filthy rubber mattresses and an old cover - all year round, winter and summer. A large refectory, with tables and chairs set out only at stated hours. A wardrobe for everyday clothes of 56 people. Two showers - one of them unusable. A kitchen where nothing is actually cooked, but where meals for inmates brought from the central kitchens are distributed.......