Health Minister Nicia Trindade will soon present a restructuring program for the six federal hospitals in Rio de Janeiro. According to her, boards of directors of the institutions have already been established and a management committee has been formed that is working to solve the identified problems. 
The Ministry of Health has established partnerships with the City of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Hospital Services Company (Ebserh), the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), and the Conceição Hospital Group (GHC). “We are working together to strengthen hospitals as reference units in the USA [Sistema Único de Saúde] “We will introduce more measures in the coming weeks,” the minister said on Friday (28) during a visit to the health units in Belford Roxo, in Baixada Fluminense.
The Minister stressed that the Ministry of Health cares about the moment that hospitals are going through and that short-term solutions have already been implemented. “We have been working in federal hospitals since last year, when we opened 300 previously closed beds and continue to pay attention to maintaining supplies. We continue to work to restart hospitals and reduce waiting lists. “I spoke with President Lula and this is a priority for the ministry,” Necia added.
Nicia Trindade also visited a center specializing in the care of children with neurological disorders, the construction of a maternity ward, an ophthalmology hospital, a children’s hospital, an emergency care unit (UPA) and a physiotherapy, orthopedics and imaging center.
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