Every year, on the same day, Doctor Ricardo Ribas receives a message from Fátima Aparecida Farias. His daughter, Vitória Farias Soares, now 14 years old, was a patient at the Estadual da Criança hospital in Rio de Janeiro when she was only 4 years old and weighed 11 kg. It was in this hospital that the young girl received the kidney that saved her life, and every year her mother returns to thank her.
This is just one of the life stories that intersect with the social actions of Rede D’Or, the largest healthcare company in Latin America. The work includes supporting the SUS, investing in science with international standards and disseminating care protocols, thus strengthening the Brazilian health system in different regions of the country.
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Partnership with SUS
For more than 10 years, the Hospital Estadual da Criança (HEC), in Rio de Janeiro, has been managed in partnership between the state government and the Instituto D’Or de Gestão de Saúde Pública, the social arm of Rede D’Or.
The unit is dedicated to the very complex care of children and adolescents. Today, HEC is one of only three Brazilian hospitals to perform kidney transplants in children weighing less than 15 kg. Babies weighing up to 1.6 kg with cancer are also operated on at the hospital using minimally invasive techniques.
In orthopedics, the hospital has the only outpatient clinic in Rio de Janeiro dedicated to the treatment of congenital clubfoot, a disease which, without intervention, can lead to physical disability and permanent motor limitations.
Since 2013, more than 300 transplants for children and adolescents, 62,000 surgical interventions and 253,000 outpatient consultations have been carried out at the hospital.
Brazilian science for the world
Social responsibility work also involves the production of scientific knowledge. Through the D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), a non-profit organization, Rede D’Or has supported projects by Brazilian researchers and cooperation with international centers for 15 years.
Jennifer Doudna, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, with the study on CRISPR-Cas9
An example of this is the meeting between American Jennifer Doudna, Nobel laureate, and Brazilians Bruno Solano and Thyago Calvo, who participated in training with the scientist. Both are part of the Pioneering Science initiative, aimed at funding cutting-edge research.
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Bruno Solano working in the new Pioneer Science program laboratory at IDOR São Paulo
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Thyago Calvo working in the new Pioneer Science program laboratory at IDOR São Paulo
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Bruno and Thyago are among the 48 scientists supported by IDOR in this program. They are studying innovative and affordable treatments for sickle cell disease and degenerative diseases.
Other projects study conditions such as ADHD, Zika, cancer and Covid-19, in research that spans molecular biology, infectious diseases, neuroscience and cognition. More than 100 doctors – professors, collaborators or researchers from the institute – participate in these studies.
Scientific dissemination is part of this agenda, with initiatives in high schools and the offering of doctoral, medical residency, undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
Medical technology in different regions of the country
In addition to supporting SUS and research, Rede D’Or invests in medical technology with an emphasis on the territorial distribution of these resources. One of the pillars of this strategy is robotic surgery.
The program has already benefited patients from states such as Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Ceará and the Federal District.
The proposal is that a patient operated on in a city outside the South-East axis follows the same protocols and care flows adopted in the main units of the network.
The Da Vinci Robot, Available at Rede D’Or, Increases Surgical Precision, Reduces Recovery Time and Strengthens Commitment to Innovation and Excellence in Patient Care
The creation and standardization of these protocols, developed by specialized teams, contribute to reducing the technological distance between regions and bringing very complex procedures to a greater number of patients in the Brazilian health system.
Together, Rede D’Or’s actions form the same axis of social action. These are initiatives related to everyday care today, while building the health of tomorrow – with more science and accessible to more people.
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