Transformation of a Ferry Ship into a Ship Hospital for COVID-19 Patients.

Liguria is a northwestern region of Italy that, since the WHO has declared COVID-19 as a pandemic (11 March 2020), presented 108 patients hospitalized, 34 of which were in the intensive care unit. Due to this serious epidemiological emergency, the transformation of a long-distance ferry ship into a hospital ship for COVID-19 patients who were still positive after the acute phase of the illness was carried out to free up hospital beds for patients in the acute phase. The ship was moored in the port of Genoa, the capital of Liguria.

Falls in a rehabilitation setting: functional independence and fall risk.

Aim: With this study we wanted to determine the incidence, characteristics and consequences of falls in our rehabilitation setting.

Methods: An observational study was carried out in a rehabilitation setting for postacute orthopedic and neurological inpatients. Three-hundred and twenty patients were enrolled.