132 the issue has not yet been resolved. At the time of the visit, the plumbing system was unfrozen; there was water supplied only in one women’s compartment. In other compartments, water is drawn into containers through the hoses from the water source. The toilet is equipped as a ventilated pit latrine (three cesspits in the floor for 3045 people). In the part of the compartments where the toilet is located there is a persistent unpleasant odor. In the compartments there is one sink for 30, or even 45 people, there is no soap. Water, as mentioned above, is absent in all compartments except one. Women in women’s compartments complained that they couldn’t always perform sanitary procedures without having access to water. Many patients are not registered; they do not have any identity documents. Hence the question of the legality of their stay in the hospital. Registration of the patients, according to a CONSOLIDATED REPORT nurse who deals with social issues, is not possible, since the Public Service Center refuses to register patients at their place of residence (in the hospital), and due to the absence of any social connections with relatives, the issue becomes insoluble, as in order to obtain an identity card, a citizen must be registered at the place of residence. But if the patient is in the department for 17 years, where is his or her place of residence? There are patients in the hospital who have reached retirement age and can apply for an old-age pension; however, due to the lack of identity documents, due to the impossibility of their registration at the hospital, their right to receive an old-age pension cannot be implemented. A man has been in a hospital for so many years, where he is provided with a minimum of social guarantees, he is deprived of the possibility of simple human joys. Patients complained that due to lack of benefits, they could not afford to buy sweets for tea,