NewTusvia – GUIDONIA MONTECELIO – The new emergency room of the “San Giovanni Evangelista” hospital in Tivoli was inaugurated this morning. With this reopening, in addition to the new rooms for the CUP (Single Booking Centre), the Blood Testing Room and the MRI, the hospital is fully operational again after the tragic fire last year.
“They have been difficult months, especially those immediately after the fire which caused serious damage to the structure – comments Mayor Mauro Lombardo – but, thanks to the commitment of the ASL Roma 5, the availability of the Lazio Region and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Tivoli, the hospital’s restoration efforts began promptly and advanced rapidly. With today’s openings, a deep wound for our community is closed, which opened on the night of 8 December 2023, with the death of fellow citizens Pierina Di Giacomo and Romeo Sanna, two of the three victims of the fire together with Virginia Facca. Today’s reopening represents a sign of hope for the future.
In addition to the renovated spaces for the Emergency Department, which also includes specific paths for pediatric, infectious and terminal patients, there is also the first MRI installed in the territory of the ASL Roma 5. An important medical equipment, therefore, available to the community . During the ceremony, the President of the Lazio Region, Francesco Rocca, also confirmed the commitment to build the New Tiburtino Hospital in Tivoli Terme, in an area close to Guidonia Montecelio and, therefore, more accessible to residents”.
