Acquaviva houses one of the biggest hospitals of all of southern Italy, the Ospedale Generale Regionale Francesco Miulli, or Hospital Miulli, which has almost all surgery departments and even a center for the treatment of rare diseases. On 30 September 2006 was officially inaugurated the new structure of the Hospital "Francesco Miulli" in "Curtomartino" area, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) outside Acquaviva on the road for Santeramo in Colle. Forty months of implementation, more than 170 technical engineers, surveyors, architects, 90,000 square metres (970,000 sq ft) of total area, 16,000 square metres (170,000 sq ft) of which are covered. More than 600 workers employed to build this huge structure that incorporates a total of 705 beds.
