Healthcare Magazine June 2015 | Page 92

BENEFICÊNCIA PORTUGUESA DE SÃO PAULO
Cutting edge technology in the Nuclear Medicine Center
“ We understand philanthropy as the right that all people have . Regardless of economic and social level , they will all receive the very best in health . Our cause has always been a social responsibility ,” says the superintendent .
The figures demonstrate the organization ’ s maturity in terms of volume and competence in service and treatment . Between 2010 and 2014 they processed 81,000 admissions , 54,000 surgeries , over 20,000 chemotherapies , 307,000 radiotherapies and over 2 million laboratory tests , all performed by SUS . During the same period , 355 transplants were performed .
FOCUS ON INVESTMENTS Over the past five years , Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo invested over USD $ 95 million in expansion and qualification of its hospital facilities . Just the structure of the Oncology Center ( 2013 )— one of the largest and most comprehensive cancer treatment centers in the country — demanded
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