Health: ASL BI, Ospedale degli Infermi in Ponderano, out-of-hours doctor on 116117
Biella is in the ASL BI area, based in Ponderano with Biella and Cossato districts. The hospital, with the Emergency Medicine and Surgery unit and Pronto Soccorso, is the Ospedale degli Infermi. Out-of-hours care is activated on 116117; bookings can also go through the CUP at via Caraccio 26.
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Who covers the city
Biella is in the territory of ASL BI, based at via dei Ponderanesi 2 in Ponderano (tel. 01515151). ASL pages distinguish a Biella District and a Cossato District, and local sites include community and health houses at Cossato, Valdilana, Andorno Micca, Cavaglià and Mongrando.
Hospital and emergency room
The Ospedale degli Infermi, at via dei Ponderanesi 2 in Ponderano, has the complex unit of Emergency Medicine and Surgery and Admissions (MeCAU), made up of the Pronto Soccorso and the Emergency Medicine inpatient ward. The pages consulted state no DEA level.
Out-of-hours doctor
The out-of-hours service (ex guardia medica) runs every night from 20:00 to 8:00 and, on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and pre-holidays, also from 8:00 to 20:00. The Biella clinic is in the atrium of the Ospedale degli Infermi, in the Community House premises; access is only after a phone contact on 116117. The service covers, among others, the municipalities of Biella, Candelo, Ponderano and Gaglianico.
Booking
The ASL lists as channels the family doctor's request taken to ASL offices, pharmacies in the province, the regional CUP 800 000 500 (8:00 to 20:00, seven days a week, national holidays excluded), and the regional portal and app. In Biella the booking centre is at via Caraccio 26 (former INAIL), Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 15:00.
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Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-04-30
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