Marcelo Queiroga announced this Thursday (30) the delivery of 6,500 new permanent ICU beds in Brazil. In his Twitter account, the Minister of Health said that the investment was R$2.6 billion.
Initially, Queiroga stated that the number of ICU beds in the SUS (Unified Health System) would increase from 23 thousand to 28 thousand – there would be 5,000 new beds. Afterwards, he corrected it and said that there will be 6,500 new ICU vacancies, which represents an increase of 28%.
“An expansion that hadn’t taken place for at least a decade,” he commented.
I bring good news to Brazil. With an investment of R$2.6 billion, we have now expanded from 23 thousand to more than 28 thousand the number of permanent ICU beds in the public health system in our country.
— Marcelo Queiroga (@mqueiroga2) December 30, 2021
This Thursday morning (30), the minister flew over the areas affected by the rains in Bahia.
Marcelo Queiroga announced this Thursday (30) the delivery of 6,500 new permanent ICU beds in Brazil. In his Twitter account, the Minister of Health said that the investment was R$2.6 billion.
Initially, Queiroga stated that the number of ICU beds in the SUS (Unified Health System) would increase from 23 thousand to 28 thousand – there would be 5,000 new beds. Afterwards, he corrected it and said that there will be 6,500 new ICU vacancies, which represents an increase of 28%.
“An expansion that hadn’t taken place for at least a decade,” he commented.
I bring good news to Brazil. With an investment of R$2.6 billion, we have now expanded from 23 thousand to more than 28 thousand the number of permanent ICU beds in the public health system in our country.
— Marcelo Queiroga (@mqueiroga2) December 30, 2021
This Thursday morning (30), the minister flew over the areas affected by the rains in Bahia.