The Borgo Maggiore Health Centre is preparing to move back into its premises at Piazzale Carlo V d’Asburgo, in the Ex International building, following a renovation that overhauled its spaces, systems and internal organisation. The transfer of activities, currently housed temporarily at the State Hospital, is expected in the coming weeks.
On Monday, the completed worksite was visited by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Security, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Massimo Andrea Ugolini, and the Secretary of State for Territory and Environment, Agriculture, Civil Protection and Relations with the AASLP, Matteo Ciacci, together with the Captain of the Castle of Borgo Maggiore, the ISS Executive Committee, the Director of the Territorial and Social-Health Department, and staff from the State Autonomous Public Works Authority (A.A.S.L.P.). The inspection was aimed at reviewing the premises in their final stage and taking stock of the remaining steps before handover.
What has been redone
The works covered an area of around 450 square metres, reorganised to streamline patient care pathways. The renovated space now includes seven medical offices, a spacious waiting room, a treatment room, a room for reporting results, areas dedicated to nursing staff, and technical rooms. There are three emergency exits.
The works also involved finishes and systems, the replacement of doors and windows, the installation of a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery, and the reorganisation of access points, designed with an eye to protecting patients’ privacy.
“This facility serves a significant portion of the population and records thousands of visits every year,” explains the Director of the Territorial and Social-Health Department, Pierluigi Arcangeli. “Having renewed, better-organised spaces means supporting the daily work of doctors, nurses and other professionals more effectively and efficiently, but above all it means meeting the needs of the people who turn to our services. It is also through adequate local facilities that we can progressively strengthen community-based healthcare.”
Murata is next in line
The completion of the Borgo Maggiore worksite is part of a broader programme. The next facility in line will be the Murata Health Centre, which is set for a major renovation. On the hospital front, three projects remain open: the new Oncology Day Hospital, the Hospital Pharmacy, and the plan for the construction of the Hospice.
“The return of services to the Borgo Maggiore site is not an isolated project, but one stage in a programme we intend to carry forward without interruption,” Ugolini states. “The next step will concern the Murata Health Centre. At the same time, we are awaiting the completion of the new Oncology Day Hospital, which we hope to see finished by Christmas, while work and planning continue on the Hospital Pharmacy and the Hospice.”
Ciacci emphasises the approach taken: “This project shows how the redevelopment of public assets must start from the concrete needs of the services and the people who use these spaces. The work carried out by the AASLP has made it possible to rethink environments and systems according to current needs.” He adds that for future works on healthcare facilities as well, “it will be important to maintain constant coordination between those who plan, those who carry out the works, and those who manage the facilities on a daily basis.”
For the ISS General Director Claudio Vagnini, returning to Borgo Maggiore means “giving citizens back a renewed local point of reference and giving our professionals more suitable environments in which to carry out their work.” Community-based healthcare, he notes, “is built through accessible and functional locations, but above all through continuity, listening, and the capacity for proper patient care.”
