Caltagirone, the Physiatry department has been reactivated at the “Gravina” hospital

The transfer of the functional recovery and rehabilitation department of the “Santo Pietro” garrison has been completed. The structure, directed by Chiara Castronuovo, will be fully operational from tomorrow 8 November, on the third floor, large east wing, of the “Gravina” Hospital. A healthcare objective indicated by the Strategic Management of the ASP of Catania is realized with a view to improving the quality of services and valorising professional resources.

“It is a reorganization intervention – explains the general director of the ASP of Catania, Giuseppe Laganga Senzio – which resolves various critical issues and responds to precise requests for care planning, also supported by the Rehabilitation Department, with which we aim to strengthen the activity of the department and, at the same time, to optimize the use of professional resources”.

At the moment, there are 8 beds activated, but the aim is to increase them in line with regional and company planning forecasts. 4 beds for DH are also added to the inpatient beds. The rehabilitation offer is completed with the gyms and clinics already operational at the “Gravina”.

“I want to thank my colleagues for the commitment and determination with which they guaranteed the continuity of services, despite suffering from a serious shortage of staff – adds the health director, Giuseppe Angelo Reina -. Our objective is to guarantee safer and more of higher specialization to citizens, and to increase the attractiveness of the structure for professionals. With this new path, on which we have found numerous contributions and convergences, we believe we have created the best conditions for growth”.

The transfer of the department to the “Gravina” Hospital will also favor better integration of intra-hospital care pathways and between hospital and territory, with a decisive increase in the complexity of rehabilitation interventions, according to a multidisciplinary and integrated approach.