UPA Santo Antônio is elected as a national highlight in public-private partnerships with social impact

The Santo Antônio Emergency Care Unit (UPA), a field of practice for students of the Medicine course at Bahiana, has just received national recognition as a model of public-private partnership with social impact with the potential to transform the country's social development. Linked to the municipality and under the management of Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce (OSID), since 2021, the unit is one of the success stories evaluated by the Civil Society Organization Comunitas. UPA Santo Antônio is one of the successful experiences gathered in the most recent edition of the publication: "Map of Contractualization - Highlights in public-private partnerships with social impact", being recognized for the indicators: Innovation and Economy.

Pleased with the recognition of the work carried out by the team, the leader of UPA Santo Antônio, Eliana Ferreira, cites indicators of the unit that corroborate the challenges of management. "Approximately 80% of the patients who arrive at the unit are patients with a profile for primary care. Here, we receive patients from several districts of the city. Suffice it to say that 42% of the patients who seek the unit are not from the district of Itapagipe, with some coming from the Metropolitan Region of Salvador and even from other cities", she comments. Another factor that attracts the public, according to her, is the fact that 40% of the patients leaving the UPA are for Hospital Santo Antônio (HSA/OSID). For the leader of UPA Santo Antônio, these numbers are motivated "by the management of OSID, which is an institution that welcomes people and that makes a difference. "For us, seeing the recognition of our work, amid so many challenges, is gratifying, and even more gratifying is knowing that we are here continuing the legacy of Santa Dulce dos Pobres", celebrates Eliana Ferreira.

Considering the fact that the UPA is the gateway for patients, the medical leader of the Irmã Duce Social Works, Elmar Dourado, highlights the strong points surrounding the selection of the UPA Santo Antônio in the mapping carried out by the organization Comunitas - Economy and Innovation. "Our UPA was elected, at a national level, as a model of good practices and efficiency in relation to social impact and in relation to its cost effectiveness. That is, in doing a lot with few resources. We have been successful and it is gratifying to see the result of teamwork, despite all the challenges faced". Within the Innovation indicator, he mentioned the fact that the Home Care Service (SAD) was implemented from the UPA Santo Antônio, later adopted in other UPAs.