Hundreds of patients huddled together, tied to beds and radiators or attacked by nurses: these are the nightmarish scenes that have happened in recent years at Pădureni Psychiatry and Safety Measures Hospital – Grajduri, in Iași county. A place where the Romanian state keeps its mentally ill criminals locked up and tries to forget about them.

Health Minister Alexandru Rafila takes first steps after alarming reports of abuse at Peduren psychiatric hospitalPhoto: Colaj fanatik.ro

Over the past decade, the press has reported cases of abuse that took place behind the secured gates in Pădureni – Grajduri. Only at the end of last year, after the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), the Romanian state decided to react.

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