Since 2001 Worcester News chief photographer John Anyon has been working with a charity which gives aid to a Romanian psychiatric hospital.
Here he shows us the conditions these poor people live in.
Romanian Hospital
The hospital, which used to be the main offices of the long since defunct coal mine Mina 1 Mai, desperately needs tradesmen to work on its water supply and electrical system.
Romanian Hospital
The wards are so full of patients that they often have to share beds with each other.
Romanian Hospital
This long-term patient is too frail to go downstairs and has to take his meals in the upstairs ward corridor.
Romanian Hospital
The wards are bare and devoid of home comforts.
Romanian Hospital
Conditions fall far below general EU standards.
Romanian Hospital
Patients are left largely to their own devices as staff levels are low and little or no therapy is on offer.
Romanian Hospital
The patients spend a lot of time in bed during the winter due to the low temperatures and hospital's shortage of heating oil.
Romanian Hospital
The patients at the hospital suffer from a variety of mental illnesses including, as with this man, severe learning disabilities.
Romanian Hospital
The ward corridors are grim and often dark as the hospital cannot afford to replace the fluorescent tubes when they fail.
Romanian Hospital
Many rural Romanians have suffered since the country entered the European Union due to the steep rise in the cost of living.
Romanian Hospital
Patients sit outside in the spring sunshine. There is little else to do and staff encourage their charges to take advantage of the fresh air and have a break from the monotony.
