Health services (URP)
Health Services
Local medical centres and health services
The City of Florence public health service is run by the following three companies:
- Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze (ASL), which includes the hospitals Santa Maria Nuova, Nuovo San Giovanni di Dio (Torregalli), Santa Maria Annunziata (Ponte a Niccheri - Bagno a Ripoli), Serristori (Figline), Ponte Nuovo and Orbatello;
- Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi (AOC), which includes Careggi hospital and the Centro Traumatologico Toscano (CTO);
- Azienda Ospedaliera Meyer, which includes the pediatric hospital.
These three companies can be contacted through their Uffici per le Relazioni con il Pubblico (Public Relations Offices, also known as URP):
URP of the Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze
Borgo Ognissanti, 20
tel. 055-2285090
fax 055-2285091
e-mail: urp@asf.toscana.it
e-mail for complaints: tutela@asf.toscana.it
Hours: Monday to Friday from 9 am - 1 pm
URP of the Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi
Viale Pieraccini, 17
tel. 055-4277790
fax 055-4277791
e-mail: urp@ao-careggi.toscana.it
Hours: Monday to Friday from 8.30 am - 3.30 pm
Saturday from 8.30 am - 12.30 pm
URP of the Azienda Ospedaliera Meyer
Via Luca Giordano, 13
tel. 055-5662332
fax 055-5662379
e-mail: urp@meyer.it
Hours: Monday to Friday from 8.30 am - 1.30 pm
Medical services for tourists
24 Medical Service*
via Lorenzo Il Magnifico 59 (near piazza Libertà )
tel. 055 475411
This medical service, which also cooperates with private insurers, has multilingual doctors that both see patients at the surgery and make house calls.
Venerabile Arciconfraternità Misericordia di Firenze*
via Calzaiuoli (near the Duomo)
tel. 055 212222
Website
The foreign patient department is open Monday to Friday from 2 pm - 4 pm and is staffed by multilingual doctors.
* a fee is charged for these services