rights of a person deprived of liberty in the event of a health problem requiring adequate and efficient medical attention. 174. The Court recalls that many decisions adopted by international bodies invoke the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in order to interpret the content of the right of persons deprived of liberty to dignified and humane treatment, and basic standards regarding their lodging, hygiene, medical treatment and physical exercise, etc.252 175. As to the medical services to be provided, the Minimum Rules state, inter alia, that “the doctor must examine each inmate as soon as possible after his admission and subsequently as often as necessary, in particular to determine the presence of a physical or mental disease, [and] take the necessary steps.”253 176. Similarly, the European Court of Human Rights has considered that when individuals are deprived of their liberty and the authorities are aware of prisoners suffering illnesses that require supervision and adequate treatment, a full record must be kept of their state of health and treatment during incarceration.254 177. Health services must maintain standards of quality equivalent to those offered to those not deprived of their liberty. 255 Health should be understood as a fundamental and indispensable guarantee for the exercise of the rights to life and personal integrity. This implies Cf. Case of Raxcacó Reyes v. Guatemala. Merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of September 15, 2005. Series C No. 133, para. 99; and Case of Mendoza et al. v. Argentina, supra, para. 189. United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, adopted by the First Congress of the United Nations on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, held in Geneva in 1995, and approved by the Economic and Social Council in Resolutions 663C (XXIV) of July 31, 1957, and 2076 (LXVII) of May 13, 1977. See also Rules 49 and 50 of the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty. Adopted by the General Assembly in Resolution 45/113, of December 14, 1990. 252 Rule 24 of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. It is also pertinent to recall that Principle 24 of the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (Adopted by General Assembly resolution 43/173, of December 9, 1988) establishes that: “A proper medical examination shall be offered to a detained or imprisoned person as promptly as possible after his admission to the place of detention or imprisonment, and thereafter medical care and treatment shall be provided whenever necessary. This care and treatment shall be provided free of charge.” The Inter-American Commission’s Principles and Best Practices on the Protection of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas (Principle IX.3) states that “All persons deprived of liberty shall be entitled to an impartial and confidential medical or psychological examination, carried out by appropriate medical personnel immediately following their admission to the place of imprisonment or confinement, in order to verify their state of physical or mental health, and the existence of and the existence of any mental or physical injury or damage; to ensure the diagnosis and treatment of any relevant health problem; or to investigate complaints of possible ill‐treatment or torture.” 253 Cf. ECHR, Kudhobin v. Russia, No. 59696/00, Judgment of October 6, 2006, para. 83. See also, Tarariyeva v. Russia, No. 4353/03, Judgment of December 14, 2006, para. 76; Case of Iacov Stanciu v. Romania, No. 35972/05, Judgment of 24 July 2012, para. 170. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has established that “A medical file should be compiled for each patient, containing diagnostic information as well as an ongoing record of the patient’s evolution and of any special examinations he has undergone. In the event of a transfer, the file should be forwarded to the doctors in the receiving establishment” (Translation of the Secretariat). Cf. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, Third Report General of Activities during the period January 1 to December 1992. Ref.: CPT/Inf (93) 12 [EN] – Published June 4, 1993, para. 39. Available in English at: http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/annual/rep-03.htm#III 254 The Principles of Medical Ethics Applicable to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, state that: “Health personnel, particularly physicians, … charged with the medical care of prisoners and detainees have a duty to provide them with protection of their physical and mental health and treatment of disease of the same quality and standard as is afforded to those who are not imprisoned or detained” (Principle 1). See http://www.ohchr.org/SP/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/MedicalEthics.aspx 255 54