San Giovanni Rotondo hospital adds AI‑powered GE Revolution Apex CT scanner

On 13 July 2026 the Poliambulatorio Giovanni Paolo II of the IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza in San Giovanni Rotondo inaugurated a GE HealthCare Revolution Apex CT system. The AI‑enabled scanner provides high‑quality images while reducing patient radiation dose, and its director Luca Pazienza attended the first exams.

In Abruzzo, the ASL 1 urology unit at San Salvatore Hospital in L'Aquila performed the region’s first combined robotic radical prostatectomy and simultaneous penile‑prosthesis implantation for an advanced prostate cancer patient. The three‑day post‑operative discharge was overseen by director Boris Di Pasquale and his team.

A scabies outbreak was reported at the RSA Villa Solaria nursing home in Sesto Fiorentino, with 14 confirmed cases (8 staff, 6 residents). Local health officials imposed isolation measures, administered treatment, and began prophylaxis for all occupants.

The new Punto Salute of Acqualagna was opened by regional health officials, offering basic diagnostics, tele‑medicine services and chronic‑care monitoring to reduce travel for residents.

Liguria launched the first of three training courses for health‑system “ambassador” staff in Genoa, aiming to prepare around one hundred employees to disseminate the region’s new socio‑health reform.

Ventimiglia’s child neuropsychiatry service was retained after a citizen petition gathered over 260 signatures, prompting the mayor to pledge further investment.

In Nuoro, a critical infection contracted abroad was successfully treated by the San Francesco hospital’s intensive‑care team, saving the patient’s life despite required amputations; the patient now uses prosthetic limbs and has begun rehabilitation.