Eight health units open this weekend in Porto Alegre

Eight health units open this weekend in Porto Alegre


Operation Winter aims to ensure access to essential health services during the cold season, when the demand for care tends to increase due to weather conditions

Porto Alegre will see the opening of eight health units this weekend, as well as mobile units and outposts, as part of Operation Winter actions. The activities will take place on Saturday and Sunday 22 and 23 June, from 10am to 7pm, guaranteeing medical, nursing and vaccination services in various points of the city.




Health units

The health units that will operate this weekend are:

  • Assis Brazil: Avenida Assis Brasil, 6615 – Sarandi district
  • Adelar Alley: Avenida Juca Batista, 3480 – Campo Novo district
  • Concept: Rua Álvares Cabral, 429 – Cristo Redentor neighborhood (Saturday only)
  • José Mauro Ceratti Lopes: João Antônio da Silveira street, 3330 – Restinga district
  • Moab Caldas: Avenida Moab Caldas, 400 – Santa Tereza neighborhood
  • Model: Avenida Jerônimo de Ornelas, 55 – Santana district
  • San Carlo: Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 6670
  • Sadness: Avenida Wenceslau Escobar, 2442 – Tristeza district
  • Mobile units and outposts

    The mobile units and outposts of the Municipal Health Department (SMS) will also be operational and will offer vaccinations against influenza, Covid-19, diphtheria and tetanus. Opening hours vary:

  • Total mall: Avenida Cristóvão Colombo, 545, from 9:00 to 18:00
  • Largo Zumbi dos Palmares: Avenida Loureiro da Silva, 730, from 9:00 to 18:00
  • Next to the Jardim da Paz cemetery: Rua João de Oliveira Remião, 1347, from 9:00 to 18:00
  • Outpost of the town hall – former Praça do Sesi: in front of Frederico Mentz – Vila Farrapos, from 9:00 to 17:00
  • Outpost – Lampadosa Square: Avenida 21 de Abril, 792 – Sarandi district, from 9:00 to 17:00
  • Outpost – CTG Vaqueanos da Tradição: Rua Dr. Caio Brandão de Mello, 250 – Humaitá, from 9:00 to 17:00
  • Outpost – Escola da Ilha da Pintada: from 9:00 to 16:00 (Saturday only)
  • Hospitals and emergency services 24 hours a day

    For emergency care, Porto Alegre has hospitals and emergency rooms open 24 hours a day:

  • Emergency hospital: Largo Teodoro Herzl, s/nº – Bom Fim district
  • President Vargas Mother and Child Hospital: Avenida Independência, 661 (obstetric and pediatric emergencies)
  • PA Cruzeiro do Sul: Rua Professor Manoel Lobato, 151 – Santa Tereza
  • PA Good Jesus: Rua Bom Jesus, 410 – Bom Jesus (with the field hospital next door)
  • PA Lomba do Pinheiro: Estrada João de Oliveira Remião, 5120, stop 12 – Lomba do Pinheiro
  • PA IAPI for mental health: Rua Valentim Vicentini, s/nº (telephone: 3289-3456)
  • UPA Northern Area Moacyr Scliar: Rua Jerônimo Velmonovitz, corner Avenida Assis Brasil (telephone: 3368-1619), with the field hospital next door
  • Operation Winter aims to ensure access to essential health services during the cold season, when demand for care tends to increase due to weather conditions.

    Source: Terra

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