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Feira de Santana health and infrastructure upgrades

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2026-08-05 20:44 UTC → 2026-08-10 15:33 UTC · added removed

Since July 2024, Feira de Santana’s municipal government has pursued a broad programme to modernise health facilities and improve urban mobility. A R$2.43 million contract was approved to renovate the Centro de Saúde Especializado Dr. Leone Coelho Lêda, addressing structural decay and equipment failures, while simultaneous asphalt paving began on five streets in the Conceição neighbourhood. A later service order expanded the health‑centre reconstruction budget to roughly R$2.5‑3 million and advanced the municipal hospital project to the final licensing stage; the hospital will operate as a closed‑door facility with 110 beds and 10 ICU beds, leaving emergency care to existing UPAs and polyclinics. In July 2026 mid-2026, the city faced a loss of internet connectivity losses at 45 basic health units and two polyclinics, prompting a manual‑record contingency and a July 20 deadline for restoration. Residents manual-record contingencies. Concurrently, residents reported worsening street sanitation, with accumulated trash, potholes including trash accumulation and open‑sewer sections on several avenues. Night‑time asphalt rehabilitation potholes. Infrastructure works on Avenida Presidente Dutra and drainage‑related pothole repairs on Avenida Artêmia Pires continued to disrupt traffic, extending peak‑hour travel times. A traffic. Efforts to staff the upcoming municipal hospital progressed with a second call for candidates from Public Competition No. 01/2024 was issued to meet 01/2024, fulfilling a term of adjustment with the state prosecutor’s office, ensuring staffing for office. Mayor José Ronaldo confirmed the upcoming hospital. Meanwhile, hospital will operate as a “closed-door facility” serving only transferred patients, with 110 beds (including 10 ICU beds) managed via a public-private partnership. The service order for its construction is scheduled for signing on August 17, 2026. Health service quality has come under scrutiny following a case where a 76-year-old cancer patient, Edna Dantas Pinho, was allegedly denied emergency care at Unacon. In response to accessibility needs, the municipal health secretariat launched a "Remédio the “Remédio em Casa" programme Casa” programme, a pilot initiative in the Bonfim district to deliver medicines to seniors and home‑bound bedridden patients, and a high‑profile case of an elderly cancer patient denied emergency care at Unacon has drawn scrutiny to service quality. The municipality remains focused on completing the hospital, expanding road works, and strengthening health‑service delivery despite ongoing infrastructure challenges. with plans for wider expansion.

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  1. 2026-08-10 15:33 UTC Feira de Santana health and infrastructure upgrades
  2. 2026-08-05 20:44 UTC Feira de Santana health and infrastructure upgrades
  3. 2026-07-31 16:02 UTC Feira de Santana health and infrastructure upgrades
  4. 2026-07-29 15:10 UTC Feira de Santana health and infrastructure upgrades
  5. 2026-07-28 13:35 UTC Feira de Santana public service challenges

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