From 2010 to 2023, the country closed 5 beds per day and went from 335,482 to 309,606, according to the Federal Council of Medicine
From 2010 to 2023, Brazil lost 25,876 hospitalization beds in the SUS (Unified Health System). In other words, the country closed 5 beds per day during the period. In 2010, there were 335,482. In 2023, the number fell to 309,606. There was an 8% drop in 13 years.
You data are from CFM (Federal Council of Medicine), based on the CNES (National Register of Health Establishments), maintained by the Ministry of Health.
The biggest drop in the period was in psychiatric beds, which went from 38,713 in 2010 to 16,328 in 2023 – a 58% reduction. Next come pediatric beds, from 51,293 to 36,814 – a drop of 28%. Then come obstetricians, who went from 46,045 to 38,325 – a 17% decrease.
In the period analyzed, 2019 was the year with the lowest number of beds (294,968). But in 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic began, the number of beds increased by 6.1%, to 313,038. In 2021, the number began to fall and went to 310,443.
Rio de Janeiro was the capital of the country that lost the most hospitalization beds in the SUS from 2010 to 2023. The reduction was 35% in the period. They went from 12,831 to 8,311. At the other end, Palmas was the capital that gained the most: an increase of 90%, going from 309 to 586.
The city of São Paulo had a practically stable number: it lost 2% of its beds. It went from 15,708 to 15,409.
The Southeast, which accounts for 35% of the country’s public hospitalization beds, lost 20,134 beds – a 15% reduction from 2010 to 2023. It was the biggest drop among the regions. The South had a drop of 7% and the Northeast, of 4%. The North had 24,677 and reached 26,519, an increase of 7%. The Central-West also had an increase in beds, by 2%.
According to the president of the CFM, José Hiran Gallo, 25,000 fewer beds in 13 years is a “alarming data”.
“There is no doubt that many people, at the end of the system, will be harmed. In the capitals, we often find public hospitals full, with people scattered throughout the corridor without access to a bed. That’s what we’re talking about here”he stated.
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