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Article: UPMC International: Sicilian institute has done hundreds of transplants.
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- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA)
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- March 13, 2005
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Byline: Michael Woods
Mar. 13--PALERMO, Sicily -- Leoluca Orlando, a leader of Sicily's parliament, made his name fighting the Mafia as mayor of Palermo during the 1990s, and he still is protected by bodyguards who could have been cast in "The Godfather."
A soaring central atrium welcomes patients and visitors to the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT), which UPMC runs in Palermo, Italy. Pittsburgh-based L.D. Astorino & Associates Ltd. designed the $58-million state-of-the-art hospital, which was completed in March 2004. It has 130,000 square feet on five levels that include 70 beds, four operating ...