Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu

Created in 1869 through a generous initiative of the Salviati family, and donated to the Holy See in 1924, the Bambino Gesu Childrens Hospital is now a comprehensive childrens polyclinic. In 1985, it has been formally recognized by the Italian Ministry of Health as Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico IRCCS (Research Hospital), and it is now one of the three Paediatric IRCCS in Italy, and the only one for Central and Southern Regions. The Hospital is a reference point in Italy and abroad and it is connected to the most important paediatric centres in Europe and the United States. The Bambino Gesu Hospital is a non-profit organization, where clinical activities run side by side with scientific research. The Hospital avails itself of 2.600 employees and collaborators: physicians, researchers, nurses, technicians, and volunteers, who are all contributing to the continuous progress of diagnostic methods and therapies for the achievement of higher and higher levels of ...