upheld the judgment on appeal.
63. On 3 March 2004 the Deputy Head of Hospital IK-12 (ИК-12) of the Main Department for the Execution of Sentences replied to a query by the applicant's wife:
"In reply to your request... I inform you that [the applicant] was placed in [IK-12 hospital] between 24 November 2003 and 19 January 2004 with the diagnosis: racemose haemangioma of the right parietal area, the right auricle and the right half of the neck. Recurrent arrosive haemorrhages threaten the patient's life.
Surgical treatment is not feasible in [the penitentiary system's] facilities. Progressive growth of the tumour is possible in the absence of treatment. Out-patient supervision has been recommended... The possibility of a fatal outcome in the event of trauma to [the area of the haemangioma] is very high. It is possible to stop haemorrhage only in specialised surgical in-patient facilities. Branches of the external carotid artery are involved in the tumour."
64. On 14 November 2005 the Deputy Head of the Medical Department of the Federal Service for the Execution of Sentences replied to the applicant's wife:
"...Surgical treatment of [the applicant] in Moscow institutions is not possible. The decision with regard to surgical treatment of [the applicant] can be taken after he has been examined in the place where he is serving his sentence."
65. On 15 February 2006 the First Deputy Head of the Medical Department of the Federal Service for the Execution of Sentences replied to the applicant's wife:
"The Federal Service for the Execution of Sentences examined your request concerning the transfer of your husband... who is serving his sentence in... the Chelyabinsk Region to Moscow for specialised medical treatment.
[Your husband's] illness is subject to elective operative treatment and requires high-technology (expensive) medical aid. The procedure for providing such aid to patients held in institutions of the Federal Service for the Execution of Sentences is not established by the federal executive authority responsible for the legal regulation of health protection and social development.
Since the legislation requires [the patient's] voluntary informed consent to medical interference, it follows that only your husband... may apply for such treatment. If he gives his written consent for the transfer and medical intervention, he can be transferred to the regional hospital for convicts... of the Krasnoyarsk Region, where there are technical facilities for the provision of the required additional medical aid (endovascular surgical intervention and plastic surgery, provided participation of external specialists from other medical institutions). The procedure for providing additional medical aid to convicts is governed by the internal regulations of correctional facilities.
The possibility of such treatment in the Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery or in the Hospital of Surgical Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery... is not provided by [relevant regulations]."
66. On 22 May 2006 the Chief Medical Officer of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Hospital pertaining to the Federal Service for the Execution of Sentences (ФГЛПУ КТБ-1 ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю) replied to the request of the applicant's wife:
"In reply to your request concerning hospitalisation of [the applicant] for in-patient treatment in [the Krasnoyarsk Regional Hospital for convicts] and after having studied the medical documents provided, we have to inform you that the treatment, including surgical intervention, is not feasible in the facilities of [the Krasnoyarsk Regional Hospital for convicts] even with the assistance of external specialists from other medical institutions, because of an absence of technical facilities for the operation, diagnostics, control and treatment... [and] of possible post-operative com
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