Action: Daily responses to housing elderly and homeless

Action: Daily responses to housing elderly and homeless



17/8/2017 1:24 am

The
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs responds on a daily basis to the humanitarian cases of the elderly and displaced persons who are left in public places or hospitals by sheltering them in the State House at a time when they are preparing to open a new home for the elderly in Najaf.
The spokesman for the ministry Ammar Menem said in a statement singled out by «morning» that the recent years, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of elderly people who are left in public places or hospitals by their children or relatives who give up because of the economic situation or health status of the elderly, Labor and Social Affairs Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani continuously and daily monitors these cases.
He added: There are daily appeals to the Ministry and are followed up by a specialized team that goes directly to the place of the elderly to inquire about the reason for his presence, if he holds the fundamentalist documents that most of them do not carry what can not be entered into the role of the state, pending formal contacts with the relevant authorities to obtain the identity papers According to the decision of a judge of the Personal Status Court in the area where the elderly are monitored, pointing out at the same time, that the role of the State allocated to the elderly, which is 24 houses in Baghdad and the provinces within the powers of local governments, but the ministry continues to meet appeals from citizens Based on the humanitarian principle it adopts, within its strategy towards all social groups.
Abdel Moneim pointed out that the total number of admissions in the homes of the elderly in Sulayikh and Al-Rashad during the past year was 118 elderly, while Darran received until the middle of this year 134 elderly, indicating that the number is subject to increase during the second half of this year.
The ministry spokesman said that some of the applicants for the purpose of placement in the state's role suffer from mental and mental illnesses, explaining that the elderly do not receive them, as they are addressed to the Ministry of Health for the purpose of placement in the hospitals allocated for their condition.
On the new role, he stressed that the ministry is opening a home for the elderly in the province of Najaf, in order to accommodate the new numbers of the elderly and displaced. The ministry spokesman said that some of the applicants for the purpose of placement in the state's role suffer from mental and mental illnesses, explaining that the elderly do not receive them, as they are addressed to the Ministry of Health for the purpose of placement in the hospitals allocated for their condition. On the new role, he stressed that the ministry is opening a home for the elderly in the province of Najaf, in order to accommodate the new numbers of the elderly and displaced. The ministry spokesman said that some of the applicants for the purpose of placement in the state's role suffer from mental and mental illnesses, explaining that the elderly do not receive them, as they are addressed to the Ministry of Health for the purpose of placement in the hospitals allocated for their condition. On the new role, he stressed that the ministry is opening a home for the elderly in the province of Najaf, in order to accommodate the new numbers of the elderly
and displaced.

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