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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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