Leading pediatric care for American community

Among the departments of the Vicenza hospital most frequented by a community like the American one, which, among military and civilians, counts over 20 thousand people, more than those residing in Lonigo and slightly fewer than the residents of Thiene, there are obstetrics and pediatrics. The highest expenses covered by US health insurance for services and procedures within San Bortolo Hospital come from the paths of pregnant women in the reserved corner of Area F, deliveries, and newborns. Every day, there are also 4 American children registered among the nursery, pediatric ward, and neonatal intensive care unit. This is because San Bortolo is and will increasingly be the hospital for Americans living in the city, also because the strategic presence of the US army in the Vicenza bases is confirmed for the future. But also for the quality of the services provided by what is now, effectively, within San Bortolo, a hospital for mother and child.
Obstetrics and gynecology are first-level facilities, and the entire pediatric area constitutes clinical and care excellence. Vicenza now competes in this field with prestigious hospitals such as Bambino Gesù in Rome, Meyer in Florence. Today, the Vicenza hospital, due to the presence of a series of specialized facilities, is able to offer a second hospital dedicated to newborns, infants, adolescents, and young people. And the approval that comes from American mothers is direct proof of this.
All the elements are there, starting from a department like pediatrics, open to innovations and equipped with a technological heritage that, under the guidance of the head physician Massimo Bellettato, continues to rank high in the lists of the best national centers. And thanks to the presence of the entire range of pediatric specialties, it can cover requests and needs of all kinds. Then, there is pediatric surgery led by head physician Fabio Chiarenza, a true master of minimally invasive techniques, so much so that Vicenza has hosted a world convention in the past.
Vicenza has other top departments dedicated to children such as maxillofacial surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics, neuroradiology, otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology, and rehabilitation. In short, everything needed for an independent pediatric hospital is available. And the American community shows appreciation for this package of services. The certificates of esteem are constant, and American families are very attached to San Bortolo as the American command leaders repeat on every occasion. The American community in Vicenza feels covered by a hospital that provides the USA Help Desk and a patient-liaison office with US doctors and interpreters to guide, accompany, and follow patients arriving from the Del Din and Ederle barracks as well as from the Peace village within San Bortolo. And it's a happy marriage between the States and San Bortolo that dates back many years but has become even closer since 2014 when the Americans decided to reduce the activity of their internal clinic at Camp Ederle, retaining minor healthcare for themselves but delegating prenatal care, deliveries, surgeries, and specialist visits to the departments on viale Rodolfi. Ulss 8 is in contact with many world-renowned companies such as Tricare Prime, Afspa, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Gmmi, Agp Company, Cigna. Based on the beneficiary's insurance card, the USA Help Desk staff requests payment guarantee, with which access to care is granted free of charge or upon prepayment of a percentage (co-share/deductible). The highest number of US admissions is in orthopedics, surgery, and pediatrics. The average is 1400 emergency room admissions, 800 surgeries and specialist visits, 200 deliveries in obstetrics, while almost 100% of pregnant women, wives, and companions of the Sky soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade stationed in Vicenza, enter the 5-star private ward at San Bortolo in the postpartum days.