Health · Sgarbi’s hospital careVittorio Sgarbi hospital: Move to Gemelli’s specialist lung wardWritten November 14, 2026 at 7:14 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:00Vittorio Sgarbi Hospital moved to Gemelli's specialist lung ward.0:07Vittorio Sgarbi has reached a specialist lung ward after weeks in hospital.0:11The seventy-four-year old art critic and former Italian culture undersecretary0:15remains at Rome's Polisclinico Gemelli.0:18He's continuing respiratory treatment and rehabilitation after moving from0:21sub-intensive care to pulmonology, the department that treats lung and breathing0:25conditions.0:25What does that move mean for his recovery and his prospects of going home?0:29Professor Luca Riceldi will oversee Scarbi's treatment.0:32He directs Gamelli's Pulmonology Unit and is a full professor at the Catholic0:36University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.0:37As Garbi's care is now continuing in that specialist department, Sgarbi had already0:42left intensive care before this latest change of department.0:45His breathing improved enough in late October for him to begin respiratory0:49rehabilitation.0:50Scarbi entered intensive care on September thirty after a severe respiratory crisis.0:54He moved to sub-intensive care on October twenty-six or '27 to begin respiratory0:58rehabilitation.1:00A tracheostomy, a breathing opening through the neck was still present then.1:03The improvement and the start of rehabilitation belonged to that earlier phase of1:07his hospital stay.1:08His move to pulmonology had already happened by November2, though the precise day1:12hasn't been made clear.1:14The one day uncertainty concerns his earlier move out of intensive care.1:18The sequence of treatment stays the same.1:20Subscribe to this channel to follow S.1:21Garby's recovery and any announcement about when he can leave hospital.1:25Jameli's pulmonology department provides respiratory and motor rehabilitation for1:29patients who have been critically ill with breathing problems.1:31It also diagnoses and treats respiratory diseases.1:34Those services are relevant to the treatment S.1:36Garbi is continuing after intensive care.1:38His hospital stay has lasted more than a month, and recovery is proceeding1:42cautiously with demanding treatment continuing.1:44His daughter Evelina is following his condition and receiving updates directly from1:48doctors.1:49She has continued to keep track of his recovery while specialists oversee his1:52treatment at Jumeli.1:53Scarby is reportedly conscious and breathing well, with respiratory rehabilitation1:57continuing.1:58Those descriptions give an encouraging picture, but they don't tell us how much2:01breathing support he needs or how long his recovery will take.2:04He has reached the specialist word stage of treatment and remains in hospital.2:08There's no announced discharge date or timetable for completing rehabilitation, and2:12his continuing care needs after discharge are still unclear.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
