John XXIII: excellence not only for Lombardy, but for the whole of Italy7 towers 5 floors each and 3 for the central plate; 24 rooms per floor (which can accommodate up to a maximum of 46 patients) and a maximum capacity of 1200 beds. 600,000 cubic meters were built and another 200,000 available for future expansion. 150,000 square meters of total area, 7,200 rooms, 1,400 baths, 16,800 keys and 60,000 square meters of parking spaces, 36 operating rooms, 238 clinics, labor 8 rooms, 88 beds in ICU and 1 heliport. These are the numbers that make the hospital 'Giovanni XXIII' hospital of the future of Bergamo, Lombardy, not only for excellence, but for the whole of Italy. A structure designed with the most modern technology that has nothing to envy to the most advanced hospitals in the world.
The hospital will open by the end of 2012 and its interior seems to be projected in 'other dimension: disappear and paper medical records, everything will be digitized and legible on the tablet of doctors and practitioners. The internal transport will be fully automated via pneumatic tube - for small things and samples - and a system of light transport "turtles" that, by means of magnets, follow the path indicated by the operator. Similarly the exchange of data between physicians, therefore, will be easier and faster. "We have chosen to equip the hospital in the latest generation of machines and equipment - said the President of the Lombardy Region, Roberto Formigoni -. In this structure lacks nothing compared to the most advanced in the world. Doctors and staff can then rely on the best of technology currently in circulation. "
The hotel opened its doors to thousands of citizens (over 3,500 to be exact) that have come to discover the medicine of tomorrow. A visit to see first hand a structure "which revolves around the patient and not vice versa," said Formigoni, "where everything is designed to make him feel at the center. And 'This is the'intensità care', ie a way to follow in every moment of his stay. "