The befana of the State Police also made a stop this year at the A. Gemelli IRCCS University Hospital in Rome.
The special Befana, accompanied by police from the Police Headquarters and the Postal Police, brought small gifts and chocolate kisses to the children hospitalized in the Pediatric Oncology and Child Neurosurgery wards.
The police befana was welcomed by doctors, psychologists and nurses from the health facility; in compliance with the anticovid legislation, they will in fact deliver the gifts to the little patients.
Despite the difficulties of the moment, the State Police did not want to miss such a special and important traditional appointment, with the hope of being able to give a smile to the little patients.
Professor Antonio Ruggiero, director of pediatric oncology at the A. Gemelli University Hospital IRCCS declared “With great pleasure we welcome the Befana of the State Police. Symbolically we are present in the name of all the children admitted to our hospital. In this period of the health emergency, being remembered in these moments of celebration, despite the limitations for covid, is certainly a great pleasure and something that will do our children a lot of good. Receiving a gift is a great value because it aligns hospitalized children with the outside world and with what is "normal" life in moments of celebration. "
Deputy Commissioner Giuseppe Moschitta Head of the press office of the PS Department stated “closeness to fragile people is written in the DNA of the State Police. Today we are here to renew a tradition of proximity to the A. Gemelli polyclinic and to symbolically summarize the many similar initiatives taking place in the various provinces of Italy. The State Police is close - with its special befana - to the many children hospitalized in Italian hospitals. "