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A sobering-up station ( , commonly known as Záchytka; ; ) is a medical facility in which intoxicated people can spend one night to become sober under medical control, in the Czech Republicmarker, Russiamarker and Polandmarker. Those in need of more long-term treatment will be referred to a rehabilitation center.

Sobering-up stations were introduced in 1904 by Archangelskiy Fedor Sergeevich in Tulamarker. The first sobering-up station in Czechoslovakiamarker was opened in 1951 by the psychiatrist Jaroslav Skála; its first patient was a Russianmarker naval engineer. During its first 30 years of service, Praguemarker's sobering-up station treated over 180,000 people. Other facilities in the country treated over 1,000,000 people. During its peak in Czechoslovakia, there were over 63 sobering-up stations.

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  1. http://tounb.tula.net/Tula/Person_zdrav/arhangelskiy.htm
  2. British lists
  3. Czechoslovak world


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