Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927
Rome (Fides Service) - Rome’s Bio-Medical University this year marks in tenth anniversary and it is now a model of public service which combines humanity and professional expertise. On 15 October there will be a solemn ceremony for the opening of the academic year at this University which has the highest percentage of students in Italy (general medicine, bio-medical engineering, nursing, dietetics). The Institute consists of various sectors: a polyclinic which presides itself on its family environment and the speed with which patients are treated and sent home; a research centre which has obtained prestigious results and which works closely with the Roman bio-medicine industry; a Training School for doctors, nurses, hospital managers and graduates ant it provides courses for doctors and nurses from Central Africa.
The Campus Bio-Medico is starting work on its definite site (Trigoria, Rome) investing more than 250 million Euro for didactics, services of day-hospital and emergency, for research and university residences, the university policlinic. The project of international level extends over 60 hectares. AP (Fides Service 13/10/2003 EM lines 16 Words: 180)
