Clinica San Francesco hosts the Consul General of Morocco

The Clinica San Francesco of Verona, GHC Group, crosses the European borders and seas, confirming itself as healthcare excellence of absolute reference.

On Monday 9^th May 2022 the Clinic had the honour of hosting the Consul General of the Kingdom of Morocco, Chafik Cherqaoui, who wanted to know the facility in view of imminent conclusion of agreement. Indeed is about to be signed an agreement to ensure personalized access to care for all employees of the Consulate, whose district  includes Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia region.

The Clinic – first in Europe (and outside the USA) to have introduced the robotic surgery for unicompartmental knee replacement and total hip replacement, respectively in 2011 and 2012, and first in Italy for total knee replacement, in 2017, thanks to the staff directed by Dr Piergiuseppe Perazzini, director of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Functional Unit – stood out for innovative approach in patient care and implementation of the latest technologies.

Also on this last side the facility was among the first centres in Europe to apply the upgrade 4.0 of Mako robot (2021), becoming moreover a continental reference point even for the hand and elbow robotic surgery with innovative operations of metacarpal trapezium prosthesis, necessary in case of advanced arthrosis or rhizarthrosis – still in 2021 -, carried out by the Hand and Elbow Surgery staff, Drs Donadelli, Carità and Laterza.

The Clinica San Francesco carries out an intense training activity for surgeons from all over Europe and since 2013 is Centre of European Robotic Orthopaedics (CORE), since 2019 Veneto Region reference centre for robotic orthopaedic surgery and since 2021 Italian Hand Surgery Society (SICM) reference centre.