The installation of the 75 cm, ultrawide-bore 3-tesla scanner is the first in Europe, and it was achieved in partnership with FORA S.p.A., a medical equipment supplier based in Parma, according to the vendor.

The 549-bed IRCSS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital was established in 1922, and is the Veneto Region Medical Reference Centre for tropical diseases, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, ob/gyn, orthopedics, and ophthalmology.