Almost two years after registering the first case of Covid-19, Brazil has more than 625,000 deaths from the disease. But health professionals estimate that this dramatic number would be even higher were it not for one of the largest public health services in the world: the SUS.
Even with financing and management difficulties and being the target of constant criticism, the Unified Health System was crucial for millions of Brazilians and foreigners to receive medical support in one of the most difficult moments in history. There were many examples of heroism of health professionals, who put their lives at risk to save others.
In this episode of Entre Vozes, the last of the second season, Luciana Barreto presents a balance of the challenges facing the SUS in the fight against the pandemic. Doctor Carlos Eduardo Fabiani, who worked on the front lines at a hospital in the north of São Paulo, and infectious disease specialist Jamal Suleiman, from Hospital EmÃlio Ribas, help to describe the importance of the Brazilian public health model and the weaknesses that need to be addressed. faced in order to improve the system.
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