The San Martino Polyclinic Hospital has always been a place where people from the Genoese and Ligurian urban area go for help with their health.

Over the past 500 years, the high level and quality of the services given have brought people from all over Italy and other countries to this building, making it an important center of reference.

It is part of the organizational structure of the Institutes of Hospitalization and Treatment of a Scientific Nature IRCCS, which is recognized in the field of Oncology. Its goals are to help, treat, train, and do research, mostly translational, and it is known as a center for helping activities that are essential to the University’s teaching and research functions.

In fact, it is the reference structure of the educational center of the School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Genova, both for the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery and for Specialization Diplomas, Research Doctorates, 1st and 2nd Level, and for the Degree Courses of the health professions.

This situation is a sign of respect and qualified help from both sides. The training of the person in charge of health care, the doctor, and the specialist doctor is an institutional action and a way to help people.

In the care buildings, both biomedical and clinical research is done. The Polyclinic encourages the doctor to do these kinds of research by integrating as much as possible with the university system.

The offer of services and treatments

The San Martino Polyclinic Hospital offers hospitalization and outpatient services, as well as diagnosis and treatment services, based on the following macroactivities:

• Hospitalization
• day hospital
• day surgery
• Outpatient clinic
• Surgical clinic
• Diagnostic services
• Support Services
• Operator blocks
• Complex outpatient services
• Outpatient day services

The merging of the activities makes it possible to combine the traditional welfare and therapeutic goals with the tasks of teaching and scientific research. It also helps to promote and coordinate the training activity and raises the level of scientific knowledge.

A city within the city

The Polyclinic is in the San Martino d’Albaro neighborhood of Genoa. It has always been a real city within a city, with 4964 workers, 254 of whom are university students, 12 km of internal streets, and a 35-hectare area.

It is well connected by urban and extra-urban public transportation and is easy to get to from the main train and motorway arteries. It also has a good free transportation service and a personalized escort service for those who need it.