{"id":937,"date":"2022-05-26T13:37:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano6\/en\/?p=937"},"modified":"2022-05-27T11:46:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:46:21","slug":"campaign-sheds-light-on-the-underfunding-and-brazilian-crisis-of-charitable-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano6\/en\/4\/campaign-sheds-light-on-the-underfunding-and-brazilian-crisis-of-charitable-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign sheds light on the underfunding and Brazilian crisis of charitable hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Year after year, the financial difficulties faced by charitable and benevolent hospitals worsen in Brazil. Since they cover 70% of all high-complexity care provided by the Public Health System (SUS, abbreviation in Portuguese) in the country, these institutions saw their financial situation become even more jeopardized with the pandemic and the return of inflation. In the last six years, 315 charitable hospitals have closed their doors, reducing 7,000 SUS beds. In pediatrics, more than 9,000 beds were closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe, the largest exclusively pediatric hospital in Brazil, the scenario is no different. In 2021, the financial deficit in assistance faced a major increase, from a historical average of US$ 6 million per year to US$ 10.4 million \u2013 regardless of the fundraising \u2013, that is, a growth of around 70%. \u201cIt is a very worrying scenario, which we have been able to face with the support of society,\u201d explains the Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe Complex\u2019s corporate director, Jos\u00e9 \u00c1lvaro da Silva Carneiro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to this reality that is recurrent in all institutions that treat patients through the SUS, the Confederation of Charitable and Benevolent Hospitals (CMB, abbreviation in Portuguese) and the Federation of Charitable and Benevolent Hospitals of the State of Paran\u00e1 (Femipa, in Portuguese) launched the national campaign \u201cChega de Sil\u00eancio<\/em><\/strong> (No More Silence<\/strong>) \u2013 managers and health professionals break the silence to expose the crisis of the largest hospital network in the SUS\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movement aims to acquaint the size of the challenges that health institutions face in their relationship with the SUS, without receiving the necessary financial resources to meet the costs of services provided. The CMB highlights that, if there are no immediate, consistent, subsistence policies for these hospitals, their doors will hardly remain open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In order to avoid lack of assistance to the population, charitable and benevolent hospitals require the allocation of resources at the amount of US$ 3.44 billion, annually, on an urgent basis, as the only alternative for accepting the labor obligations arising from Bill 2564\/20, which establishes the national base salary for nurses, technicians and nursing assistants and midwives, as well as for the essential adjustment to economic and financial balance in the relationship with the SUS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The financial relation of hospitals with SUS is increasingly deficient and accumulates a debt of more than US$ 4 billion, which also caused the scrapping of physical and technological structures, a scenario that was worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. The acquisition of materials and medicines at very high prices, in addition to inflation, entail enormous costs for institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Paran\u00e1, Femipa is formed by a total of 71 charitable and benevolent hospitals. Together, they offer 11,899 beds to the SUS, 1,178 of which are in the intensive care units (ICU). To get an idea of the representativeness of this figure, 13,725 inpatient beds and 2,205 ICU are available to the SUS in the whole state of Paran\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support from society<\/strong>
For Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe, the support from society has been of utmost importance to face this unfavorable scenario. \u201cWith the support of companies and individuals, we managed to keep our technology park and our structure up to date, we guarantee the continuous training of our teams, we develop humanization actions. Together, these initiatives translate into excellence in service, which generates more opportunities for life and health,\u201d emphasizes the Hospital\u2019s executive director, Ety Cristina Forte Carneiro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several ways to support Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe Hospital. If you or your company are interested in contributing, please contact us at the following address: <\/strong>carolina.fossati@hpp.org.br<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out some facts about the health scenario in Brazil:<\/strong>
\u2022 Since 1994, the SUS rates table had an average adjustment of 93.77%, while cooking gas was adjusted by 2,415.94%, INPC (Price Index) by 636.07% and minimum wage by 1,597.79%.
\u2022 The financial deficit resulting from services provided by the SUS is of US$ 2.18 billion per year.
\u2022 In Brazil, benevolent and charitable hospitals provide 195,000 beds, 26,000 of which are in the ICU.
\u2022 Between 2010 and 2019, 15,944 pediatric beds were closed, 13,800 of which were made available to the SUS.
\u2022 Charitable hospitals are responsible for 70% of highly complex procedures performed through the SUS.
\u2022 Charitable and benevolent hospitals handle 5 million admissions, 1.7 million surgeries, and 280 million visits a year.
\u2022 In the last six years, 315 charitable hospitals closed their doors, reducing 7,000 SUS beds. In pediatrics, more than 9,000 beds were closed.
\u2022 More than 3 million people, with direct and\/or indirect employment, are economically dependent on charitable hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click below and get to know the current scenario of the charitable hospitals in Brazil.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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