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In this context, the visiting team reminded the hospital management that in accordance
with the Convention for the Prevention of Torture, the NPM has the possibility to have
meetings with persons deprived of liberty, without witnesses, and recommended that these
aspects be made known to all staff, in order to avoid possible obstruction of the visit in the
future.
• During the visit to the Home for the Elderly in Constanța city, the leadership of the
General Directorate of Social Assistance (DGAS) within the Constanța City Hall allowed the
visit to be carried out but argued that the home for the elderly is not included in the category
of places subject to NPM monitoring.
In the visit report, the NPM recommended informing the staff of the center and DGAS
about the provisions of the Optional Protocol and of Law no. 35/1997, republished, as well as
their cooperation with the visiting teams of the NPM.
• During the visit to the Placement Center for Children with Disabilities Drobeta
Turnu Severin, Mehedinți county, a series of documents that were requested (the center's
registers, the daily program of the beneficiaries, the monthly program of activities, etc.) were
not made available to the NPM team. ) neither during the visit (the documents were closed in
the office of the chief of center, who was on vacation) nor afterwards.
► examples of good practices found during monitoring visits:
At the level of the Câmpulung Moldovenesc Psychiatric Hospital, Suceava county, in
order to reduce the cases of hospitalization and to maintain a monitoring of the patients after
they are discharged from the hospital, a mobile team consisting of a priest, a social worker
and psychologist, employees of the hospital, who visited the patients at their homes, worked
within the framework of a project in community psychiatry. Patients were included in such
programs, especially according to social needs, those that were rarely visited by the family or
those that were geographically isolated. The nurse who was traveling within the mobile team
could distribute drugs, and the psychologist could carry out a new psychological evaluation,
following which he prepared a report. As a result of these home visits, the social worker could
contact the social services within the local authorities. The project of the mobile team has been
running efficiently for several years since its implementation, the purpose being to evaluate
and monitor the health of the outpatients, as well as to reduce the number of hospitalizations.
Also, throughout the visit, the participation of patients in the occupational activities was
observed. They had recommendations for involvement in the activities of the 3 ergotherapy
workshops: artistic, tailoring, painting and handicraft. For each workshop there was an
occupational therapist instructor responsible. At the same time, in the basement of the building
there was a gastronomic workshop, and another room was intended for sports or relaxation on
a musical background, being equipped with a mattress and specific equipment.
• At the Brăila - Tichilești Detention Center, Brăila county was set up a selfadministration pavilion, designed for a maximum of ten people, following a model taken from
the Nordic countries (being made with funds received from the Norwegian government),
where four young people were accommodated, who had three more months until release. The
pavilion consisted of three bedrooms, a kitchen and an activity room. The purpose of
establishing this self-management pavilion was to reduce the rate of recidivism and better
reintegration into society. The young people in this pavilion had the opportunity to manage
their time by themselves, to prepare their own food, practically to be free to make their own
decisions regarding daily activities.
• In the “Sf. Marcellin Champagnat”, Placement Center, Sector 6 Bucharest, before
the beneficiary received the protection measure, two matching visits were made in the center.
During the visits, the child was informed of the Beneficiary's Guide, the Regulations of
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