On October 10th, 1939, Niguarda Ca’Granda hospital was opened. The name derives from the administrative bond with the Ospedale Maggiore Ca’ Granda, the most ancient hospital in Milan that since years had been under logistic and organizational renovation. The Maggiore had moved from the old site and had already inaugurated the new university parts of the hospital, but a new general hospital was missing. Niguarda provides a solution to this need: it gives the city a hospital in an expanding area with an easy access, the Niguarda area in the north of Milan.
