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interinstitutional mechanisms between the National Administration of Penitentiaries /
Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health for the allocation of human and financial
resources and for establishing a distinct mechanism at the level of ANP, for an integrative
monitoring and reporting approach, and not least, for ensuring the transparency of the HIVAIDS problem, to have access to the secondary prevention services of biological clinical
monitoring, both for individuals deprived of liberty, as well as for the personnel of the
penitentiary units and of the medical system involved, for reducing the risk of infection /
biological.
Both the Târgu-Mureș penitentiary and the National Administration of Penitentiaries
communicated an answer explaining the way in which the recommendation will be
implemented. The Ministry of Health has not communicated any answer, in this case being
notified the hierarchically superior authority – the Government of Romania.
In 2019, there were cases when some authorities and public institutions did not
provide the necessary support to the People's Advocate Institution: Livezeni commune,
Mureș county, Hodac commune, Mureș county, Ulieș Local Land Fund Commission,
Harghita county.
● Timișoara Territorial Office: solved 182 petitions, granted 262 hearings, answered
311 telephone calls through the dispatch service, carried out 26 awareness raising activities /
collaboration with other authorities, proceeded ex officio in 27 cases, conducted 25
investigations and made 1 recommendation.
Authorities that have been open to collaboration:
File no. 102/2019 Ex officio notification in relation to the situation presented by the
media, regarding the 11 seriously ill elderly people housed in miserable conditions in a
retirement home in the commune of Liebling, Timis County, which has been operating since
2018, without having the authorization of operation and without being functional, as only in
February 2019 several construction operations had been started.
Following the steps taken to several public authorities, they were open to
collaboration. Both the Department of Public Health Harghita and the County Agency for
Payments and Social Inspection Timiș have specified in writing, all the steps they have taken,
as well as the results obtained from the actions undertaken.
The Department of Public Health Timiș informed us that after being notified regarding
the functioning of the "Casa Trandafirilor Vasimed" SRL Retirement Home, a team of
inspectors went to this home, where there were found several hygienic and sanitary
deficiencies, the unit being sanctioned with a fine of 25,000 lei and the complementary
sanction of suspending the activity.
At the same time, representatives of the Department of Public Health Timiș, together
with those of the Territorial Labor Inspectorate (ITM) Timiș, the Social Inspection Timiș, the
Jebel Police Station and the Liebling Police Station, participated in a joint control at the "Casa
Trandafirilor" retirement home, on which occasion they found that the unit did not comply
with the sanction to suspend the activity and it was still functioning. DSP Timiș inspectors
applied a fine in the amount of 40,000 lei, and the 11 elderly people housed there were moved
to the Deta City Hospital.
The representatives of the County Agency for Payments and Social Inspection
performed an unannounced check on the dates of January 22, 2019 and February 4, 2019, at
the Retirement Home "Casa Trandafirilor". As a result of the control action, it was found that
there were housed 11 elderly persons for whom it was paid a monthly contribution, without
being able to present documents in this regard, and also no documents were shown proving
PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE
ANNUAL REPORT 2019
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