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The Awakening Unit of the St. John the Baptist Hospital

Rome. The St. John the Baptist Hospital of the Association of Italian Knights, where the Awakening Unit is housed.

The "St. John the Baptist" hospital of the Italian Association of the Knights of Malta in Rome, specialised in neuro and motor rehabilitation, has created an "Awakening Unit" for treating patients with craniocerebral traumas.
Flanked by the "Awakening" Association aiding the families of people with these head injuries, this new structure is the first to be implemented in Italy, thanks to the commitment of the magistral commissioner Don Giovan Pietro dei Duchi Caffarelli, the former Hospitaller of ACISMOM, Knight Nob. Camillo Sarlo, and of the management of the hospital, with the professional contribution of all its medical and paramedical staff. It comes under the programme for expanding the hospital complex, which has five departments with a total of 240 beds.
Its medical staff is composed of physicians specialised in neurology, physiatrics, neuropsychiatry and psychology; its paramedical and nursing staff is specialised in the various sectors of rehabilitation, from physiotherapy to logopaedics and occupational therapy.

Rome. The St. John the Baptist Hospital of the Association of Italian Knights: the office and out-patients' building.

The hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art radiology and diagnostic equipment and also offers specialised clinical services such as neurophysiopathology, neuropsychology, physical therapy, cardiology and ophthalmology, with numerous poly-specialist out-patients structures set up to cope with the growing demand.
The Italian national health service, recognising the hospital's importance and the expertise it possesses, has stipulated a specific health agreement with the Association of Italian Knights for the acceptance, assistance and rehabilitation of the brain injured.

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