| Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic | |
|---|---|
_-_BEIC_6348848.jpg) Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1974. | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Organisation | |
| Type | District General, Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Bologna |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | I |
| Beds | 1,535 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1592 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Italy |
The Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic (official Italian name: Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi) is a public research hospital and district general hospital in Bologna. Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinc is the largest district general hospital in Italy, and the first of the four public hospitals of the city of Bologna (Ospedale Maggiore, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Ospedale Bellaria).
The Polyclinic has approximately 1,535 beds and 5,153 employees (857 doctors). Every year, it has 69,000 ordinary admissions, 139,000 emergency admissions, 33,000 surgeries and 3 million specialistic examinations. It has international excellence in some fields (oncologic hematology, hepatology, pediatric surgery).[1]
The hospital is affiliated with the School of Medicine and Surgery of the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna 1088.
According to Newsweek magazine, the hospital is the 27th best in the world for cardiology,[2] 28th for endocrinology[3] and 37th for gastroenterology.[4]
- ^ "Chi siamo | Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi".
- ^ Newsweek (2020-09-07). "World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2021". Newsweek. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Newsweek (2020-09-23). "Endocrinology". Newsweek. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Newsweek (2020-11-06). "gastroenterology". Newsweek. Retrieved 2020-12-01.