SS Annunziata Hospital in Taranto

Specialized care center with emergency services

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The SS. Annunziata Hospital in Taranto is one of the main public healthcare facilities in the city and the Ionian province. It carries out functions of diagnosis, treatment, and care, with an emergency room, inpatient wards, outpatient services, instrumental diagnostics, surgical activities, and specialized services. It is a reference point for emergencies and numerous clinical pathways in the area, integrated into the healthcare network of the ASL of Taranto. The name refers to the religious and welfare tradition linked to the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Annunciation, widespread in Italy since the Middle Ages through hospices, confraternities, and charitable institutions dedicated to caring for the sick and the needy. The current facility developed mainly in the twentieth century, accompanying the urban, industrial, and demographic growth of Taranto and becoming part of the city's collective memory. Although not a tourist destination in the strict sense, it represents a significant element of the city's contemporary social history, linked to the right to health, public welfare, and the daily life of the Taranto community.

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Hospital Santissima Annunziata PAD. VINCI - Dove Salute

Via Francesco Bruno 1, 74123 Taranto ITA

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How to reach

From the center of Taranto (Piazza della Vittoria/Borgo), you can reach Via Anfiteatro and follow the directions to Via Francesco Bruno, where you will find the SS. Annunziata Hospital. It only takes a few minutes by car, and about 10-15 minutes on foot. Urban bus stops are located nearby.

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The ward profile of the SS Annunziata Hospital in Taranto shows a very detailed picture. Among the areas with more positive evaluations, Obstetrics and Gynecology stand out as excellent and well above the national average, with good integration with complementary departments and significant results in the PNVE Agenas outcomes; the Emergency Room also receives excellent ratings, above the national average. General Surgery is described as a good department, well above the national average, with high volumes and statistically significant quality of care. Other positive evaluations, above the national average, concern Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Pediatrics, Intensive Care, and Endocrine Diseases. In several cases, the departments are described as large, a factor associated in the dataset with higher productivity volumes and potentially better care. Some departments have lower or inline hospital stays compared to the Italian average: Pediatrics 3 days compared to 4, Neurosurgery 8 compared to 10, Nephrology 8 compared to 10, Internal Medicine 10 compared to 10, Endocrine Diseases 8 compared to 8, and Hematology 16 compared to 16. Other departments have longer hospital stays than the national average, such as Cardiology 9 days versus 6, Vascular Surgery 12 versus 8, Oncology 12 versus 9, Urology 10 versus 6, Intensive Care 21 versus 15, and Neonatal Intensive Care 21 versus 16. The reported daily care standards vary significantly: in the surgical field, 28 minutes of medical assistance per day are indicated in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Urology; Neurosurgery also includes 4.4 hours of nursing care in addition to these 28 minutes. Intensive Care provides 12.1 hours of nursing care per day, while Psychiatry reports 64 minutes of daily medical care. The main critical issues concern some departments with lower evaluations than the average or with small dimensions: Oncology is indicated as a small department with an overall negative evaluation, despite significant PNVE results; Vascular Surgery and Neonatal Intensive Care are rated as fair but below the national average. Issues of synergy between departments in some areas, such as Cardiology, Nephrology, Oncology, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Psychiatry, Intensive Care, and Urology, are also reported. Overall, the structure shows marked strengths in the maternal-child area, emergency care, general surgery, and numerous medical and surgical specialties, alongside departments with more varying performances and sometimes higher average hospital stays than national benchmarks.