Romania sets Guinness record with miles-long table, raises funds for pediatric psychiatry hospital
The 5,055-meter recycled-material table drew 20,000 people and helped fund a new psychiatric hospital for children, organizers said.
- On Saturday, 20,000 people gathered in Bucharest to form the 5,055-meter "Uniting Table," setting a Guinness World Record to raise funds for Romania's first pediatric psychiatry hospital.
- Chronic overcrowding at Obregia Hospital prompted this initiative; the current clinic has 62 beds but lacks adequate bathrooms as diagnoses of serious mental disorders in children have "increased alarmingly" in Romania, rising from 3,839 in 2018 to over 5,600 in 2024.
- Metropolis Foundation is funding the 16.5 million euro project through private donations, with the 3,900-square-meter facility expected to treat over 5,700 children annually by 2027.
- Minister of Health Alexandru Rogobete has pledged to supply the "equipment and furniture necessary" for the facility. The new five-level building will host occupational therapy, sensory spaces, and addiction treatment for adolescents.
- Romania's healthcare budget of 5.7% of GDP sits below the European Union average of about 10%, according to Eurostat. Organizers previously set a 2,782-meter record in Alba Iulia last year using recycled materials.
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Romania sets Guinness record with miles-long table, raises funds for pediatric psychiatry hospital
Thousands of people have gathered in Romania’s capital to set a Guinness World Record with a miles-long table made of recycled materials.
Bucharest, Sep 12 (EFE).- A table of 5,055 meters in length this Saturday brought together about 20,000 people in the center of Bucharest, in a solidarity event with which the organizers claim to have broken the Guinness record of the longest table in the world for a banquet. Residents and tourists of the Romanian capital [...] La entrada 20,000 people share table in Bucharest to break a Guinness record was first published in HolaNews.
A table built with recycled materials spread this Saturday for more than five kilometers in the center of Bucharest. Thousands of people sat around it for a double purpose: setting a Guinness record and raising...
The capital is preparing to enter the Book of Records with the longest open-air table, where 20,000 people were invited to take part simultaneously. The table is over 5 kilometers long and is built from recyclable materials. Organizers are thus trying to bring down their Guinness record set last year at Alba Iulia.
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