The medical facility, located in Poggio Pudano, specialises in receiving patients in a vegetative state or minimally conscious state. It is dedicated to patients who, at the end of the intensive rehabilitation programme, have not recovered consciousness activities and cannot be adequately managed at home.
In this Special Operating Unit, intensive and specific care is not provided to achieve “awakening”, but prolonged care is guaranteed based on multi-professional nursing, prevention of secondary complications (decubitus, osteoarticular deformities), and maintenance of psychophysical well-being.