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Abecitrus supports the "HC Criança" (Hospital
for Children) Project, the construction of a highly specialized hospital
for children and teenagers that will be built within the complex of the
Hospital das Clínicas (General Hospital) and Medical College of the University
of São Paulo, in the Ribeirão Preto campus (SP). The project is assisted
by "ambassadors", i.e., companies and institutions that support the initiative
and are committed to find new partners, as well as to transmit the idea
to other organizations. Abecitrus is one of the ambassadors of the project
and is engaged in mobilizing the orange juice industry to supply the management
tools that the venture requires. |
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The importance for Abecitrus of supporting the project resides in the
fact that the hospital will receive young patients from the whole region
in which the orange juice industries are located, therefore taking care
of the children of their employees and of citrus producers. The "HC Criança"
will receive patients from Ribeirão Preto, Araraquara, Barretos, São João
da Boa Vista, Franca, and other near-by cities, where approximately four
million people reside. Patients from other states will also be referred
to the Hospital das Clínicas (General Hospital) and Medical College of
the University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto campus (SP), and children
will be referred to the "HC Criança".
The "HC Criança" project was launched in August 2005, together with a
campaign to raise funds and obtain the required resources to build the
hospital. The federal government already participates with the allocation
of funds in the amount of R$3 million, which is being used to start the
works. It is expected that the hospital will be ready in five years.
For further information on the project, please visit the website: www.hccrianca.org.br
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