administration of medication to quarantined persons, triage of luggage and packages at the
entrance to the quarantine center, etc.;
• at the Mărgineni Penitentiary, the conditions for granting the right to online
conversation were maintained at the maximum limit provided by law also after the cessation
of the state of emergency; both the ANP and the prison staff were actively involved in
maintaining the relationship with the family and the support environment during the period
when visits were banned (for example, measures were taken to reduce telephone charges and
the prices of items sold at the commercial point); the management of the Mărgineni
Penitentiary requested the flexibility of prices for the products sold by the store inside the
penitentiary, so that, starting with March 17, 2020, the company reduced the prices of the
products by 8-10%, the store being supplied according to the existing situation;
• regarding the situation of the beneficiaries in residential centers, during the state of
emergency, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection recommended to identify the families
/ support persons who can take care of the beneficiaries at home during the state of emergency,
reason for which the units sent notifications regarding this possibility (however, there were
very few situations in which the legal support persons wanted and had the possibility to take
home the beneficiaries of social services, and requested this in writing; in some homes, all
beneficiaries – elderly people – represented social cases, had no relatives or income to support
themselves);
• in the Techirghiol Spa and Recovery Sanatorium, for those who did not have a
telephone (in order to maintain permanent contact with quarantined persons, in conditions of
limited physical contact) the unit purchased prepaid mobile phones, which were returned when
leaving the quarantine center. In case of emergencies, the quarantined persons had at their
disposal a mobile phone number, accessible by mobile phones and an extension number, which
they could call via the landline in the room. The quarantined people could communicate by
phone with the physiotherapist employed by the unit, who recommended physical exercises,
and those who had compatible devices could also communicate by video call. The beneficiaries
of services in the center were people who had lumbar disc disease, gonarthrosis, arthralgia,
coxalgia, acute chronic gonalgia (knee pain), etc. The sanatorium also provided free internet;
Similar situations were found in other units, such as: Constanța Pneumoftiziology
Clinical Hospital, which purchased mobile phones for each room; „Anghel Saligni”
Municipal Hospital Fetești, Giurgiu County Emergency Hospital and Constanța County
Emergency Clinical Hospital „Sf. Apostol Andrei” Agigea Pneumoftiziology Department
where patients had unlimited access to the internet;
• in the Psychiatric Hospital for Safety Measures Săpoca, the social workers in the
hospital undertook numerous steps for the family and community integration of patients –
social cases, during March-June 2020 being made transfers of patients to the Buzău Recovery
and Rehabilitation Center for Adults with Disabilities, Buzău Emergency Center, in a modular
home in Râmnicu Sărat or discharged at home. However, most patients could not be
discharged, although there were no medical reasons to keep them in the hospital, but in most
cases there were no actual solutions for discharge or transfer to a neuropsychiatric recovery
and rehabilitation center / home for the elderly / sheltered housing. The hospital representatives
notified the NPM team of the poor relationship, which has persisted for years, with the Public
Social Assistance Services within the City Halls and the general directorates of social
assistance and child protection, appreciating that these institutions, through the communicated
answers, discriminate and stigmatize people with mental disabilities (they do not have social
services in the community, they have all the places occupied, they are in the process of
restructuring or they do not accept the admission to residential centers of people with criminal
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