User:Rebecca Palladino/Amedeo di Savoia Hospital

The Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, inaugurated in January 1900 as an infectious diseases hospital in an area enclosed and isolated on three sides by the Dora Riparia, is part of the hospital services managed by the Health Authority ASL Città di Torino. It is located in the San Donato neighborhood on the border with Borgata Ceronda. During the flood of October 2000, the hospital was quickly evacuated, and patients were transferred to other medical facilities due to the overflowing of the Dora Riparia near the Candido Ramello bridge and in via Pianezza.

The hospital complex, structured in separate pavilions, consists of the Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, which is the regional reference for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, and the Birago di Vische Pavilion, which oversees internal medicine and geriatrics activities.

The microbiology and virology laboratory is a reference center for the Piedmont Region for virological surveillance of influenza through the InfluNet network, registered at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm, as well as a reference center for diagnosis during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

The laboratory performs tests for the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases using highly specialized molecular biology techniques. The laboratory employs the most advanced techniques in molecular diagnostics, such as quantitative assays using real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), sequence analysis, and mutational studies for the genetic variability of viruses and for assessing drug resistance.

The hospital is a teaching and referral center for the University Clinic of Infectious Diseases at the University of Turin, directed by Professor Giovanni Di Perri.