This statute was approved by the General Council of “Congregazione dei Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza” in Verona on 12 January 1979 and reconfirmed by the same Council on 17 March 1991.

In addition to work contract of professional category, all health workers of “Cittadella della Carità” also sign this document in which they declare to respect in its letter and spirit the principles contained.

THE HOSPITAL

  • art. 1 – The Hospital complex «Sacro Cuore» and «Don G. Calabria», Houses «Fr. E Perez» and «Fr. P. Nogarè», wish to be, according to the Founder’s words, «… the House destined to host the sick brothers to valorize as much as possible the Christian charity, the only way to bring back Our Lord Jesus Christ into today’s society so agitated and upset».
  • art. 2 – It is a religious reality, not so much for the ownership, as for the animating spirit inspired by the evangelical principles of love and service to suffering brothers based on trust in Divine Providence.

It is a charity of Catholic Church of which follows the moral directives.

  • art. 3 – It is open to progress concerning the increasingly complete recognition of human person rights and dignity; to achievement of higher levels of joint responsibility; to evolution of health, diagnostic, therapeutic and scientific research procedures.
  • art. 4 – It declares itself within civil law framework regulating each Italian Health Authority, professing respect and loyal compliance with legal rules, notwithstanding the natural right to raise the conscientious objection if there is conflict with Gospel ethics according to interpretation of the Church.
  • art. 5 – It collaborates with other Hospitals and/or social-medical bodies, public or private, in order to improve the psychophysical health conditions of people, operating also on the territory.

THE PATIENT

  • art. 6 – «The patient is, after God, our real owner» (Don Calabria). The patient is the only center of every interest, research, provision, structure and organization of the Hospital. Any other collective or personal interest, material or moral, must be subordinated to the good of patient.
  • art. 7 – The patient is a person and as such has the right to latests and most complete health services, provided with respect, attention, spirit of service due to laws of human coexistence and principles of Christian love.
  • art. 8 – The sick suffers for his/her disease, solitude, limitation of autonomy and therefore needs particular understanding and closeness. The sick is not a weight for the society, is not useless, is an incitement to exercise fraternal solidarity among healthies; in the vision of Faith represents Christ suffering, so carries out a redemptive and reparatory mission.

THE COLLABORATORS

  • art. 9 – The health workers, both those in direct contact with patient and those whose work serves the proper functioning of the Hospital, are part of one large «family of collaborators».
  • art. 10 – In particular the following Father Calabria’s statement is addressed to physicians: «The physician’s duty is not of simple profession, but it is a real mission. The physician is called by God to collaborate both for rise and affirmation of life, and for its progress and invigoration as well as to cure its infirmities or at least soothe its pains».
  • art. 11 – The health workers are directly involved in the same mission, exercising the profession. In their daily service they will have particular regard to the personality of patient.
  • art. 12 – The collaboration between all workers does not arise spontaneously, but is a goal to tend with constant dedication through a sense of fraternity and mutual help, fighting rivalries, envies, divisions, concerns, authoritarianism, rumors and harmful disapprovals.
  • art. 13 – All health workers must respect religious and ideological freedom of patient and are bound to professional secrecy.
  • art. 14 – Facing the worsening of disease, an appropriate attitude to the moment seriousness must be maintained. Where there is a danger for patient’s life call the chaplain.
  • art. 15 – The rights of collaborators must be recognized and respected, in compliance with current laws, both concerning fair pay and appreciation of their personality.
  • art. 16 – The Hospital fosters the professional and deontological training of collaborators and creates tools for encounter and dialogue so that everyone, according to various roles, can make their own constructive contribution.
  • art. 17 – In the «family of collaborators» there are diversified roles, skills and responsabilities which require mutual respect to ensure, in order, the harmonious development of every hospital activity.
  • art. 18 – The Hospital is open to collaboration and training of volunteers to whom a wide field of exercise of human and Christian solidarity and brotherhood is offered.

CONCLUSION

The Negrar Hospital arose from a small seed thrown by God into the wake of Church. It originates from the Gospel and precisely by the command of Christ: «Heal the sicks» (Matthew 10, 8) and another Christ’s word: «I was sick and you visited me» (Matthew 25, 38).

In the first decades of 20th Century, Father Angelo Sempreboni, Negrar’s parish priest, animated by evangelical charity and trust in Providence, founded a Rest Home for needy elderlies.

After Sempreboni’s premature death, Father Giovanni Calabria collected his material and spiritual inheritance, accentuating the activity in favor of sicks.

The current Hospital complex, fruitful fruit of that little seed, wants to keep itself closely connected to that origin.

The historical events, great progress of social assistance, laws and facilities to which the civil community gave life in following decades, don’t underestimate evangelical principles from which Institution arose and by which it is continually inspired.

The Congregation of “Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza”, continuer and guarantor of Founder’s spirit and charity, considers appropriate and necessary to affirm the identity of the Hospital, so that sicks and people know human and Christian aims that Hospital intends to express.

Who gives his/her services at Hospital «Sacro Cuore e Don G. Calabria», «Casa Perez» and «Casa Nogarè» is required to comply, in letter and spirit, with this document.