The Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (University of São Paulo Faculty of Medicine Clinics Hospital) is a complex of health institutions, located in various regions of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Founded on April 19, 1944, it occupies a total area of 600,000 square meters and offers 2,400 beds, distributed among its eight specialized institutes and two assisting hospitals.
Buildings, Institutes and assisting hospitals
The largest part of the complex, located in the central region of São Paulo in the Consolação district, consists of:
Administration BuildingCentral Institute (ICHC)Heart Institute (Instituto do Coração - INCOR)Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute (IOT)Psychiatry Institute (IPq)Radiology Institute (INRAD)Children's Institute (Instituto da Criança) (ICr)Instituto Dr Arnaldo de VieiraMedical Investigation Laboratories (LIM) (building under project, the governor have decided to give the State Secretary of Health building to create this research institute).On other locations, the complex is divided into:
Suzano Assisting Hospital, located in the town of Suzano;Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - IMREA (former Division of Rehabilitation Medicine)Vila Mariana Unit, located on the southern part of the city of São Paulo;Umarizal Unit, located nearby the base;Cotoxó Assisting Hospital, located in Vila Pompéia, in the city of São Paulo;Medical Investigation Laboratories, administrative unit located in the Cerqueira César district;Rebouças convention center, located across the street from the base hospital.AIDS House (providing care to HIV/AIDS patients)S.A.M.S.S. (Employees' Medical and Social Assistance Service)The base complex and satellite buildings have been built gradually since 1944. The chronology for each institute's starting year follows.
Central Institute - 1944Psychiatry Institute - 1952Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute - 1953Administration Building - 1972Medical Investigation Laboratories - 1975Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (former Division of Rehabilitation Medicine)Vila Mariana Unit - 1975Umarizal Unit - 2001Child Institute - 1976Heart Institute - 1977Ambulatory Building - 1981Rebouças Convention Center - 1982AIDS House - 1994Radiology Institute - 1994Cancer Institute - 2008Suzano Assisting Hospital - 1960Cotoxó Assisting Hospital - 1971
