Health-System Overview

Healthcare in Molfetta is organised across three overlapping layers:

1. ASL Bari public health network — hospital, district services, outpatient clinics, consultorio, mental-health and neuropsychiatry services.
2. Municipal and Ambito social services — social secretariat, home assistance, applications for support measures, and integration with the Molfetta-Giovinazzo social-health district.
3. Community and private providers — pharmacies, accredited/private laboratories, cooperatives, centres for older people, disability services, and third-sector care.

The main point to remember is that Molfetta’s health and welfare services are not only municipal. The most important clinical structures belong to ASL Bari, while social assistance is split between the Comune, the Ambito territoriale, ASL district services, and third-sector operators.

Main Hospital: Ospedale “Don Tonino Bello”

Molfetta’s principal public hospital anchor is the Ospedale “Don Tonino Bello”, part of ASL Bari. It is located on Strada Provinciale Molfetta-Terlizzi 112, 70056 Molfetta.[1]

Key public contacts:

The hospital should be understood as a north-Bari area health node, not just a local civic building. Its location on the Molfetta-Terlizzi road also makes it a spatial hinge between the coastal city and the inland district.

Emergency Care

The Pronto Soccorso at Ospedale Don Tonino Bello is for urgent conditions, with triage priority based on clinical severity rather than order of arrival.[2] For actual emergencies, users should rely on official emergency channels and current ASL information, since emergency-care organisation can change over time.

ASL Outpatient and District Services

Poliambulatorio Molfetta

The Poliambulatorio Molfetta is at Provinciale Molfetta-Terlizzi 112, the same hospital-road location. Public phone contacts are 080 5847755 and 080 5847643.[3]

Several booking/payment routes are available for health services:

• booking through enabled pharmacies;
• online booking through ASL Bari services;
• CUP desks across ASL Bari;
• phone booking through the toll-free CUP number 800 345 477;
• ticket payment through CUP/Ticket desks, online systems, postal payment, and selected banking/ATM channels.[3]

The booking-cancellation contact is 080 5847558.[3]

Distretto Socio-Sanitario n. 01

Molfetta is the reference city for Distretto Socio-Sanitario n. 01 of ASL Bari, with services connected to the Molfetta-Giovinazzo area.[4]

In practice, the district layer matters for:

• access to territorial health services;
• integration between healthcare and social assistance;
• chronic-care and fragility pathways;
• family, disability, elderly, and mental-health coordination;
• professional social-service orientation.

ASL Social Service: Molfetta-Giovinazzo

The Servizio Sociale Molfetta-Giovinazzo is at Prov.le Molfetta-Terlizzi 112, c/o P.O. “Don Tonino Bello”. It operates in staff to the district direction and supports global care of the person, family, and formal/informal care network.[5]

Its functions include:

• orientation and accompaniment toward social-health and social-assistance services in the Molfetta-Giovinazzo area;
• analysis of needs of citizens and families in difficulty;
• helping identify the most suitable path for people in social-health need;
• favouring home permanence as long as possible;
• promoting multidisciplinary work and individualised care paths;
• collaboration with families, public services, affiliated services, voluntary organisations, foundations, cooperatives, and third-sector bodies.[5]

Listed timetable: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 08:00–14:00. Listed contact: 080 5847600, dss.molfetta-sociosanitaria@asl.bari.it.[5]

Consultorio Familiare

The Consultorio Familiare Molfetta is at Corso Fornari 1, c/o Istituto Apicella.[6]

The consultorio is a free socio-health service with a multidisciplinary team — psychologist, gynaecology specialist, midwife, social worker, and related profiles — for family issues handled globally. Access is free and does not require a doctor’s prescription. The service provides confidentiality, including for minors, and free access for foreign citizens with or without residence permit.[6]

Listed contacts:

• Area ostetrico-ginecologica: 080 5847515;
• Area sociale: 080 5847516;
• email: consultorio.molfetta@asl.bari.it.[6]

Listed opening hours: Monday–Friday 08:30–13:30; Tuesday and Thursday 15:30–18:00.[6]

Mental Health and Neuropsychiatry

Centro di Salute Mentale Area 1

The Centro di Salute Mentale Area 1 covers Molfetta, Giovinazzo, Corato, Ruvo di Puglia, and Terlizzi. The Molfetta address is Corso Fornari c/o Istituto Apicella, with phone 080 5847430.[7]

This places adult mental-health services in a supra-municipal network: Molfetta is a service point for a wider area rather than an isolated local clinic.

Neuropsichiatria dell’Infanzia e dell’Adolescenza

The ASL Bari Neuropsichiatria dell’Infanzia e dell’Adolescenza Area Nord covers Bitonto, Palo del Colle, Molfetta, Giovinazzo, Ruvo, Terlizzi, Corato, Modugno, Bitetto, and Bitritto. The Molfetta/Giovinazzo territorial point is at Corso Fornari 1, c/o Istituto Apicella, with phone 080 5847420 and email npia.molfetta@asl.bari.it.[8]

Services are provided after referral/request from the paediatrician or general practitioner, and bookings are made through CUP.[8]

Municipal Social Services and Home Assistance

The Comune’s social-care layer is especially important for older residents, people with partial autonomy, families in difficulty, and residents needing home support.

SAD — Servizio Assistenza Domiciliare

SAD is a set of socio-assistance services delivered at the user’s home according to personalised assistance plans.[9]

The service is aimed at partially self-sufficient older people over 65 who face hardship due to precarious health, limited autonomy, or psycho-physical conditions. Access is through the sportello di segretariato sociale. The historical social-sector contact was Via Cifariello 29, with phone 080 3374628 and PEC servizi.sociali@cert.comune.molfetta.ba.it.[9]

Documents required include the application form, current ISEE, and any invalidity certificate; there may be an economic co-payment based on ISEE.[9]

In 2026, access to SAD was managed through public calls/applications, with ranking formation and admission subject to available resources and approval of Piani Assistenziali Individualizzati (PAI). Applications could be submitted to the protocol office of the municipality of residence or via PEC to ufficiodipiano.ambito1@cert.comune.molfetta.ba.it.[10]

Elderly Care, Disability, and Third Sector

Molfetta’s welfare map includes third-sector organisations and cooperative services alongside municipal and ASL structures.

One visible example is Chàrisma Cooperativa Sociale ETS, based in Molfetta, with activities for older people, minors, and disabled people, a Centro Polivalente “Chicco di Frumento” in Molfetta, and elderly-care structures in Giovinazzo and Terlizzi.[11]

This illustrates a broader pattern: for elderly and disability care, families often navigate a mixed ecosystem of:

• municipal social services;
• ASL district services;
• home assistance;
• day centres;
• cooperatives;
• voluntary associations;
• residential or semi-residential care in nearby municipalities.

Pharmacies

Molfetta has a distributed pharmacy network across the central city and residential districts. Pharmacy opening and night/holiday turns change frequently, so the safest reference is the official/professional turn system.

The Ordine Interprovinciale dei Farmacisti di Bari e BAT provides a turn-list interface by municipality, where users select the municipality and view the PDF of pharmacy turns.[12]

Molfetta has numerous pharmacies, including examples such as MastroDomenico Sallustio, De Candia, Madonna dei Martiri, Clemente, Poli, Minervini, Mastrorilli, Grillo, Viola, Eredi De Trizio, Poli Visaggio, Cervellera, Tatulli, and others.[13]

For time-sensitive use, residents and visitors should verify:

• today’s turno;
• night-time service conditions;
• whether the pharmacy is open-door or “a battenti chiusi”;
• any additional call fee where applicable.

Private and Accredited Diagnostic Services

Molfetta also has private and accredited diagnostic providers, especially clinical-analysis laboratories. Examples include:

• Laboratorio Analisi Cliniche Mauro Gadaleta, a private laboratory accredited with the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 1, with online reports and a broad range of laboratory tests.[14]
• Centro Biomedico Analisi Cliniche Papagni, with a Molfetta site at Viale Papa Giovanni Paolo II 12a/b, online booking, check-up packages, and laboratory services.[15]
• Centro Biomedico S.r.l., at Via Vico Sasso 10, with analysis/check-up services and published opening/prelievo hours.[16]

These services are especially relevant for routine blood tests, check-ups, prevention packages, and quicker private access, but users should verify accreditation, prescription/ticket rules, and current opening times before attending.

Practical Navigation

Interpretation Notes

• Health-service contacts, hours, and access rules can change; always verify with ASL Bari, the Comune, CUP, or the provider before relying on this file operationally.
• Molfetta’s social-health services are deeply tied to Giovinazzo through the district/ambito structure.
• Several services cluster in two important locations: SP Molfetta-Terlizzi 112 for hospital/district/outpatient care and Corso Fornari / Istituto Apicella for consultorio, mental-health, and neuropsychiatry services.
• Elderly care is a mixed system: public access procedures, family care, third-sector providers, and nearby residential/day-care structures all matter.

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Citations

[1] Ospedale “Don Tonino Bello” — Molfetta, ASL Bari [2] Pronto soccorso — Ospedale Don Tonino Bello di Molfetta, Micuro [3] Poliambulatorio Molfetta — ASL Bari [4] Distretto socio sanitario n.01 (Molfetta) — ASL Bari [5] Servizio Sociale Molfetta-Giovinazzo — ASL Bari [6] Consultorio Familiare Molfetta — ASL Bari [7] Centro di Salute Mentale Area 1 — ASL Bari [8] Neuropsichiatria dell’Infanzia e dell’Adolescenza Area Nord — ASL Bari [9] SAD — Servizio Assistenza Domiciliare, Comune di Molfetta [10] Avviso pubblico SAD 2026 — Comune di Molfetta [11] Chàrisma Cooperativa Sociale ETS [12] Farmacie delle province di Bari e BAT — Ordine Farmacisti Bari-BAT [13] Farmacie di turno a Molfetta — FarmacieDiTurno.org [14] Laboratorio Analisi Cliniche Mauro Gadaleta [15] Analisi Papagni — Centro Biomedico Analisi Cliniche [16] Centro Biomedico S.r.l.