Annual report 2004 - Compagnia di San Paolo

Institutional activities in 2004
Health
COES- Oncohematologic Subalpin Centre – Oncology translational research project
In particular, in 2004 the activities of the Compagnia in the Health sector were focussed on three
subject areas: technological and organisational innovation, specialist areas, and illnesses with
significant social impact. Additional contributions other than these fields of interests are awarded
to the Oncology Programme (see the Oncology Programme section).
Technological and organisational innovation
For 2004 The Compagnia confirmed its support for the modernisation of research, diagnosis and
treatment equipment of health structures. Priority was given to the purchase of innovative
instruments rather than covering ordinary equipment, thus avoiding duplicates and under use
and attentively assessing indirect operating costs for the Health agencies.
The main grants are: the financial contribution to the San Giovanni Battista Hospital in Turin to
produce a cyclotron radio pharmacy structure for the PET Centre, intraoperative radiation therapy
(IORT) with dedicated accelerator, digital radiological images archive equipment, and the
allocation to the Turin Health District 1 (ASL1) - Eye Hospital to purchase cutting-edge equipment,
unique in the Piedmont region.
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Specialist areas
On the basis of the Oncology Programme logics and methods, the Compagnia focussed its
activities in some priority fields which could eventually give rise to multi-year programmes. In
particular, during 2004 the field of neurosciences saw some initiatives aimed at supporting Turin
skills. Allocation were granted to financing the Department of Clinical Physiopathology of Turin
University for a project of prevention and diagnosis of headaches and facial pain in a work
community, with the co-operation of the City of Turin and in particular, the staff of the central
registry.
In the field of transplants, the OIRM Sant’Anna Hospital in Turin was awarded a grant to refurbish
the manipulation room for cardiac valves for paediatric use. Turin also boasts centres of
excellence on a national scale to children related illnesses.