Associated infectious diseases in psychiatric patients who are hospitalized for long periods in a hospital in Braila
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Background Adult patients with severe psychical diseases are hospitalized in a separate building (ward) for very long periods of time (years). This ward has 140 beds and belongs to the Psychiatric Hospital “Sf.Pantelimon” in Brăila. Sometimes they live here for their entire life. In this situation they can develop several diseases, infectious and non-infectious, which need a special medical survey to prevent epidemics or complicated diseases.
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