About 64 thousand people without a fixed place of residence live in St. Petersburg and its environs. This data is provided by the Neva.Today portal.
According to media reports, such people often find themselves in difficult situations, many of them suffer from addictions and die.
In the city on the Neva, there is a charity hospital for the homeless on Baltiyskaya Street. Doctors will be able to help about 50 people a day. As 78.ru notes, a family doctor, therapist and traumatologist are available at the clinic. You can also undergo diagnostic procedures – ultrasound and ECG, tests. In August of this year, the hospital was inspected by Rospotrebnadzor, and in early October the hospital received a license for medical activities from the St. Petersburg Health Committee.
The St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise “Ritual Services” buries the homeless in the city of Neva. The day before, it posted three lots on the EIS Procurement website – for coffins, reinforced concrete steles and wooden curbs, “Ritual Services” are ready to spend 3,571,700 rubles, 846,000 rubles and 697,950 rubles, respectively. Also, the winner of the competition must bring 1,410 reinforced concrete steles to the enterprise, reinforced with ordinary, non-stressed reinforcement. As a result, it turns out that the authorities of St. Petersburg are ready to pay more than 5 million for a decent funeral for homeless people.
State Unitary Enterprise “Ritual Services” is an organization subordinate to the Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg.
Source: Rosbalt

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