What medical facilities are available to students?
The Rome Center offers on-campus consultation with an English-speaking Italian physician during two regularly scheduled hours each week during the fall and spring semester. The physician may examine students, write prescriptions, and/or recommend follow-up attention at private or state facilities in the area. He also may administer injections or, for a very modest fee, a registered nurse can come to the Rome Center at other times to do so. All student rooms are equipped with refrigerators in which medicines that need to be kept cold can be stored. The Rome Center also offers professional psychological support for its students by providing weekly visits to campus by an English-speaking Italian psychiatrist. Students who take medication should either bring a personal supply or prescription information. Students can get prescription medicine from pharmacies in Rome. In cases requiring hospitalization, students are usually sent to the Gemelli Hospital.
