Tivoli, some departments destroyed by the fire have reopened at the San Giovanni Evangelista hospital

After 136 days since the terrible fire that destroyed it last December 8th, theTivoli hospital returns to live, with the gradual opening of some departments: this morning at the hospital Saint John the Evangelist they are in fact back in operation, completely restored Nephrology, Medicine And Psychiatric diagnosis and care, as well as services Transfusion medicine and of Radiology and immunohematology. Given the conditions of the health facility after the fire in which three patients died, workers and unions were skeptics on reopening quickly, and instead the timetable of the Lazio Region was in the end respected. After 4 and a half months in which other hospitals, such as Pertini And Umberto I Polyclinicwere further burdened by accommodating patients from the Tivoli catchment area.

Intensive care and surgery will reopen soon

They were the first to reopen, a month ago Dialysis, clinics, Oncology day hospital and point of First intervention. «Reopening the San Giovanni Evangelista hospital in Tivoli safely was and remains one our priority. We are maintaining our commitment to the citizens – said the President of the Region, Francesco Rock. According to the timetable it will now be the turn of the gradual reopening of other hospital wards: from General surgery to the analysis laboratory, from surgical unit at the Resuscitationfrom the birth point to the ward Hemodynamics and, finally, the emergency room.

An emergency room equipped with advanced diagnostics

Interventions were also carried out in the field of safety: the technology park is certified, compliance with European regulations on fire prevention, especially since the centralized flame detection system has also been installed and will soon be activated. «The San Giovanni Evangelista hospital has undergone significant improvements for the expansion of thehealthcare offer and the quality of assistance – the words of the extraordinary commissioner of ASL Roma 5, Silvia Horses -. We are preparing the strengthening of the interventional radiologyof the services of endoscopy and of screeningin addition to the preparation of a center for the care of cancer patients. In support of emergency roomwhich will be completely renovated, a unit of diagnostics for images with MRI, CT scan and ultrasound».

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April 22, 2024 (modified April 22, 2024 | 10:57)

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