LOCAL AGENDA 21 – LOCAL PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE ...

35GIURGIUmobilising local resources – NGOs, religious cults,volunteers.Disabled personsIn 2001 there were 766 disabled persons (of which358 were minors) registered in the State RegionalInspectorate for Disabled People as follows: 120minors with neuro-psychic diseases, 124 minors withAIDS, 33 minors with physical disabilities, 12 minorswith auditory diseases, 32 minors with an associateddisability, 6 minors with somatic disease 6, and 26minors with other diseases.51 mentally disabled children are enrolled at GiurgiuSpecial School. Most mentally disabled children comefrom poor families, which have as unique income the(insufficient) double allowance and companion wages.This income does not allow them to providerecuperation to their own disabled children. A day carecentre is compulsory for disabled children and it iswhere they can benefit from services and the advice ofphysicians, psychologists, logopaedists,kinotherapists, etc., who will help them integrate intosociety. There is no non-governmental organisationpromoting the rights of the disabled children inGiurgiu.Retired peopleThere are 12,555 retired persons in Giurgiu from thepublic sector and 1,437 war veterans. The number ofretired persons is steadily growing.At the city level, there is a senior citizens’ Council, aretired persons’ Club with a reading room andorganised recreational activities and trips. The MutualAid House of the retired persons has 12,360members. The County Pension House distributestickets for watering cures and rest, partly financed bythe State budget.I.2.3.5. Public HealthPublic health systemHealth care institutions in Giurgiu ensure medicalassistance both for the city population and for asignificant number of the county population, withoutcovering the entire range of medical services.Health Care Units in Giurgiu:County Hospital- number of beds 448- number of hospital departments 10- number of sections 4Medical clinic with 21 surgeriesUrban medical clinic with 18 family surgeriesPrivate surgeriesSurgeries 21Dentist’s surgeries 11Ecographic laboratories 1Dental laboratories 4Private pharmacies 10 + Hospital Pharmacy + 1 pharmaceutical pointMedical staff in the city: 87 physicians, 20 dentists, 515 auxilliary medical staff, 17 pharmaceutical chemists.