Original disclosure @ NDB website
Updated in EWS Aug 6, 2025
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As stated by the NDB, the Project entails the construction of a model smart public hospital, specializing in emergency medicine, intensive care and neurology. Successful implementation of this pilot project will allow replication of the model across the country. For the pilot, one of the oldest academic clinics in Brazil, the University of São Paulo’s Hospital das Clínicas, has been selected.
The São Paulo metropolitan area, home to over 20 million people, has only 2.1 hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants as compared to the minimum recommended 2.5 beds, resulting in a shortfall of approximately 8,600 beds. The Project envisages a new 150,000 sq. m facility that will include 800 beds and 30 surgical rooms, host a national centre for translational research and integrate advanced medical technologies, telemedicine services and AI-based scheduling systems to optimise patient flow. The hospital will also be built according to international green standards.
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