Other Italian asylums we visited include Manicomio di VG. A sombre reminder of a darker time in medical history. The decaying remnants of these ancient institutes still little the Italian countryside. There were around 900 patients when the laws decreeing closure of all “madhouses” were passed. Manicomio di R joined the other medical relics all over Italy in closure. This signalled the end of these traditional “madhouses”. The new laws abolished the archaic asylums. Closure of the hospitalįinally, the Italian national health system was introduced in the 1980s. The new and improved departments now included a clinical research laboratory, radiology suite, electrotherapy treatment rooms, dentists office and an operating room. Conversely, the dangerous or “acute” patients resided in a ward with separate containment cells. The quiet men (“Marro”) and quiet women (“Tamburini”) were now housed in separate pavilions. The sprawling site now covered 10 thousand square meters and including a large enclosed park. At this time the hospital had eight departments spread over several large pavilions. The hospital was now able to accommodate 600 patients.įurther changes in Italian law pertaining to treatment facilities and segregating of male and female patients drove further expansion in the 1950’s and 1970’s. Once again the hospital underwent expansion. Maria della Piet, 5) until its closure in. A new law stated that “dangerous madmen” had to be interred separately. The old Manicomio Provinciale Santa Maria della Piet has been the main psychiatric hospital in Rome (Piazza S. In the early 20th century changes in Italian law caused a reorganisation within the hospital. In the early days of operation, there was little to no segregation of this wide spectrum of patients. These ranged from dangerously violent maladies, to elderly suffering from dementia. Manicomio di R catered for a wide range of patients. It meant “half-wit” or “imbecile” the language used is a clear reflection of a darker time in medical history for those with psychiatric or neurological disorders. The medical facility housed the “ mentecatti“. A year after opening, the institution housed 230 patients, rising to 400 near the end of the 19th Century. The college had previously been a charitable hospital for the poor. The complex was built on the site of a former military college. This was a time when attitudes towards mental health patient care changed. The m anicomio persisted until late 20th Century. The term “manicomio” translates to “madhouse”. We visted this location in the summer of 2018, during our Italian Road Trip. These establishments are also called an insane asylum or mental hospital. The first Director of the hospital, from 1913 to 1938, was Augusto Giannelli: under him the structure, originally designed to host 1000 mentally ill, reached the figure of 2602 4.Manicomio di R is a former Neuropsychiatric hospital (Ospedale neuropsichiatrico). Pavilion 6 hosts the Museo Laboratorio della Mente, a museum devoted to the history of psychiatry 3. Nowadays, some pavilions have been restored and dedicated to various health-care services, while many others still remain abandoned. The "Manicomio Provinciale" was immersed in a park and consisted of 43 buildings, 29 of them dedicated to the wards 2. The new "Manicomio Provinciale" took the name of Santa Maria della Pietà only in 1926, when the ancient psychiatric hospital in the Lungara street was finally closed. The first stone of the buildings was placed - in the presence of the King Vittorio Emanuele III - on the 28th of June 1909 and the construction was finished after less than two years, on the 31th of May 1911. Maria della Pietà, 5) until its closure in 1999 1. The old "Manicomio Provinciale Santa Maria della Pietà" has been the main psychiatric hospital in Rome (Piazza S.
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