Surgical activity at the Maria Santissima Addolorata hospital in Eboli has been temporarily suspended following water infiltration and problems involving the sterilization of surgical instruments.
According to the report from Il Mattino Salerno, both scheduled and urgent operations were affected. Patients whose treatment could not be deferred were redirected to other facilities of ASL Salerno, in particular Battipaglia and Salerno.
The suspension was expected to last at least until Sunday, pending technical checks, safety-related maintenance, sanitation work, and inspections of the sterilization system.
No figure has been given for the number of postponed or redirected patients, and the available report does not specify the calendar date of the Sunday reopening target.
Where patients are being sent
The redirection has focused especially on Battipaglia and Salerno.
That choice reflects the organization of local hospital services: Eboli's Maria SS Addolorata hospital and Battipaglia's Santa Maria della Speranza hospital are part of the same ASL Salerno hospital network, within the Eboli-Battipaglia-Roccadaspide hospital group listed by ASL Salerno.
For patients, this means referrals remain inside the public ASL Salerno system rather than requiring a transfer outside the area. Anyone with a scheduled operation in Eboli should check the status of their appointment before travelling, and urgent cases are being managed through the alternative ASL Salerno facilities indicated at triage.
A new operating block affected
The suspension concerns a hospital that had recently hosted surgical activity in a new operating block.
In March 2025, regional health authorities reported that surgical activity of the ASL Salerno prosthetic hub had begun in the new operating block at Eboli's Maria SS Addolorata hospital.
The current stoppage is therefore a temporary interruption of activity in recently upgraded surgical facilities, not a planned closure. Resumption depends on the outcome of the technical and hygiene inspections now under way.
What happens next
Before surgery can restart, technicians must resolve the water infiltration, verify the safety of the operating areas, and confirm that sanitation and instrument sterilization systems are fully functional.
Only after those checks will the operating rooms be cleared for scheduled procedures to resume. Patients waiting for non-urgent surgery may face short delays, while urgent cases continue to be directed to Battipaglia and Salerno until Eboli reopens.
