More than 2,000 people attended the Christmas tree lighting and concert at the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan last night. Doctors, nurses, researchers, administrative staff, faculty, and students from the university, along with many patients and their families, gathered in the hospital’s courtyard, where a large stage was set up to host various artists, including Mara Sattei, Rovazzi, The Colors, Irama, and Achille Lauro.
The two-hour event was filled with music and joy, providing concrete support to patients spending the holidays in the hospital. It support their families, and everyone who works daily at San Raffaele, too.
As stated by the president of Ospedale San Raffaele, Paolo Rotelli,
“the hospital is often seen as a place of suffering, but it is also, and above all, a place where healing happens. We want to create significant events of humanization, to continue putting people at the center of our commitment”.
Even the most vulnerable patients could participate in the celebration from their hospital windows, making it a tradition that attracts many young people from the surrounding towns.
San Raffaele welcomes 50,000 inpatients and 1.5 million outpatient visits each year and has always combined three core areas: research, clinical practice, and university education. The IRCCS has profoundly impacted scientific evolution in several fields, from diabetes research to neuroscience and advanced cellular therapies for oncological and genetic diseases. This success is the result of the dedication of the large San Raffaele community, made up of nearly 5,000 hospital employees, along with another 7,000 individuals, including students, faculty, and staff from Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele.
The large San Raffaele Hospital community
It is a community entirely dedicated to patient care.On stage, for the Christmas greetings, were also the Rotelli family, Kamel Ghribi, Vice President of the San Donato Group, Licia Ronzulli, Vice President of the Senate, Attilio Fontana, Governor of Lombardy, and Claudio Sgaraglia, Prefect of Milan.Ospedale San Raffaele (OSR) is an internationally recognized clinical-scientific-university facility specializing in various significant pathologies.
It was inaugurated in 1971 and recognized as an IRCCS (Institute for Hospitalization and Care with Scientific Character) in 1972. It is a center for high-specialty emergency care and the educational and assistance hub of Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. In May 2012, San Raffaele became part of the San Donato Group. This Group is the first private hospital group in Italy, which includes 19 hospitals, three of which are IRCCS. The IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele is an accredited polyclinic with the National Health Service, offering over 60 clinical specialties.
Its multidisciplinary structure, technologically advanced facilities, and continuous interaction between scientific research, education, and clinical activities have allowed it to achieve results that position the IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele at the top of the Italian rankings for scientific productivity, making it a reference point in Europe and worldwide for the study and treatment of many diseases and for the development of innovative therapies. For more information, visit: www.hsr.it.
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