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Data provided by the Ministry of Health shows that US$ 553.3 million
were invested last year. |
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Located in the countryside of São Paulo, the hospital seeks new technological solutions to ensure total safety and the best healthcare treatment for their patients. |
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The Cassems Hospital will be reopened with new surgical center and
equipment. |
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The
Hospital of the Santa Casa de Curitiba inaugurated an outpatient care unit exclusively
for the treatment of morbid obesity, featuring 13 beds and making it possible
for the hospital to perform 50 bariatric surgeries per month. |
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| The Institute of Technological Research (IPT) has announced a US$ 800 thousand investment to expand its laboratory capacity to perform tests on orthopedic implants. |
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| The BIOFAST Group, a chain of laboratories of clinical analysis in São Paulo, registered a 200% growth in sales and a 133% growth in the number of tests processed in 2009. |
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A hospital located in Alagoas (State in the Northeastern area of Brazil) has adopted music therapy to receive women in labor. The pregnant women are received in the Hospital Nossa Senhora da Guia, from the Unique System of Health (SUS). |
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Funds from the Ministry of Health intended for prevention and pharmaceutical assistance for patients with AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) will have US$ 51.4 million more than what was expected for this year. |
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| About a thousand scholarships will be distributed to students, college teachers and professionals of the Unique System of Health (SUS) for researches in healthcare and medical doctors training. |
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