E.O. Ospedali Galliera - Genova

Galliera Hospital: a Genoese legacy The Galliera Hospitals Institution (established as Opera Pia De Ferrari Brignole Sale) owes its origins to the munificence of the Duchess of Galliera who had it built between 1877 and 1888. Presidential Decree of the Council of Ministers 14/07/1995 established it as a high-specialisation hospital of national importance. In line with its guiding principles and the most recent acquisitions in the area of health care, the Galliera is characterised as the realisation of a hospital model open to the territory and to citizens. It is capable of responding effectively to health care demand with a capacity of 450 beds (data updated at 31.12.2018 www.galliera.it/galliera-live). The health care aspect, from a standpoint of an integrated diagnostic-therapeutic-rehabilitative process, scientific research, training, and technological and organisational innovation, constitutes the strategic core of activities performed daily by each of the professionals in th...