At the Santissima Annunziata in Sassari, the renovation operations in the Traumatology and Orthopedics department of the Aou, directed by Francesco Cudoni, have been completed. The renovated spaces now boast four hospital rooms with four beds, to which are added two more rooms with two beds, all with private bathrooms for patients. And then again, 11 other rooms for dressing, a warehouse, a refreshment room and bathrooms for the staff.
Yesterday, the patient transfer operations were completed from the west wing to the east wing of the sixth floor, the completely renovated one, a situation that has significantly improved the treatment environment and operational efficiency. This morning the official opening of the department, in the presence of the regional health councilor, Carlo Doria , the rector of Sassari, Gavino Mariotti , and the archbishop of Sassari Gian Franco Saba , who visited the hospitalized patients. «Today we are giving back to the citizens, not only of Sassari, but of the whole of Sardinia, a renovated and more efficient structure, in a department - says Doria - which is a point of reference for the whole island. The modernization of the Santissima Annunziata department is consistent with a policy that aims to create new hospital facilities, but which deems it essential to continue investing in existing hospitals in order to best guarantee assistance and treatment."
«The opening of the renovated Traumatology and Orthopedics department - adds the general director of the Aou of Sassari, Antonio Lorenzo Spano - is a testimony to our company's constant commitment to offering quality care and cutting-edge services to patients. Our objective is, in fact, to also improve the quality of logistics and further increase the quality of care offered by the company structures ." The Traumatology and Orthopedics department of the Aou of Sassari has long been recognized as one of the reference structures in Sardinia for complex traumatology. It is also the only department of a public hospital in Sardinia to carry out hip and knee prosthetic operations with robotic technique, which has also been successfully implemented in the Orthopedic Clinic for knee surgery.
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