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03.14.08
» BNDES destines R$ 10 million for the
expansion of a hospital in the State of Santa Catarina
BNDES’ president, Luciano Coutinho, signed this past Friday,
March 14th, a financing contract of R$ 10 million to
Irmandade do Senhor Jesus dos Passos, supporter of Hospital
de Caridade, located in the city of Florianópolis (State of
Santa Catarina). This BNDES financing corresponds to 51% of
the total project amount – R$ 19.7 million. The resources
will be transferred by Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do
Extremo Sul [Regional Development Bank of the Deep South] –
BRDE.
The financing is destined to the construction of a new
surgical and support services center to the Intensive Care
Unit and to the Intensive Coronary Care Unit, each with 20
hospital beds, within a total area of 7.4 thousand square
meters. The new building, which will make up a new intensive
assistance block of Hospital de Caridade, will have six
floors, besides a helicopter pad on the roof. The project
also provides the acquisition of national equipment and
furniture and utensils.
The new unit will enable the expansion of the hospital’s
assistance capacity, in a way to make up for the deficit of
approximately 300 beds in the metropolitan region of
Florianópolis.
The entire architectonic project was developed and
coordinated by the State Government of Santa Catarina,
through the Edifications and Hydraulic Construction Board,
entailed to the State Infrastructure Department of the State
Infrastructure Office.
Irmandade do Senhor Jesus dos Passos is an association
providing hospital assistance activities, with effects of a
mid-size company. Hospital de Caridade, founded in 1765, is
supported by Irmandade do Senhor Jesus dos Passos. It
provides medical and hospital services within almost all
specialty areas, assisting the population of the entire
State of Santa Catarina.
The hospital is reference in high complexity surgery,
including heart surgery, brain surgery, vascular surgery,
digestive system surgery, video-surgeries in several medical
specialties and organ transplant.
In order to assist this wide gamut of procedures, the
hospital counts on 14 hospitalization sectors, including a
high complexity ICU and a coronary unit.

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