The city will gain a Super Carioca Center for Child and Adolescent Health.

The mayor of Rio, Eduardo Cavaliere, announced this Friday (September 11th) the creation of the Super Carioca Center for Children's and Adolescents' Health. The unit will operate in the building that currently houses the Piedade Municipal Hospital, which will be completely restructured to accommodate the new health complex focused on patients aged 0 to 18 years. In total, there will be 13 pediatric specialties, specific care pathways, and state-of-the-art imaging exams, including a service for type 1 diabetes mellitus and childhood obesity; as well as a humanized ICU for long-term care for patients with serious chronic conditions (such as children born with congenital anomalies and neuropathic patients) with dedicated accommodations for mothers or other caregivers.

 

"In this Super Center, we will have pediatric specialties so that parents, grandparents, and guardians of families in Rio de Janeiro know that there is a center of excellence here, with specialists prepared to care for children. This will also allow the hiring of more than 200 specialists in the most diverse areas of pediatrics, in addition to approximately 800 health professionals, who will strengthen our network of care focused on children's health," said Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere.

 

The new Super Center will coordinate the municipality's specialized pediatric complex, including the Jesus Municipal Hospital (HMJ) in Vila Isabel. The Super Center will handle low- and medium-complexity cases in the specialties of pediatric neurology, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, otolaryngology (clinical and surgical), ophthalmology, psychiatry, psychology, nephrology, endocrinology, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, cardiology, nutrition, and autism spectrum disorder treatment. It will have the capacity for 16,7 appointments per month. The unit will include an imaging center for diagnosis with exams such as computed tomography, radiography, Doppler ultrasound, and echocardiography. Surgical procedures will include adenotonsillectomy, tympanoplasty, circumcision, hernioplasty, and others.

 

More complex cases, surgeries, and procedures, such as exams requiring sedation of the child, will be concentrated at the Jesus Municipal Hospital, which will also undergo adaptation and expansion works and will begin performing new exams that are not currently part of the unit's service offerings: bronchoscopy, endoscopy, gastrostomy, colonoscopy, electroencephalogram, echocardiogram, and lumbar puncture.

 

The municipal Secretary of Health, Rodrigo Prado, also participated in the announcement and highlighted the importance of the new Super Center in expanding specialized care for children and adolescents.

 

"Here they will arrive and navigate through all the specialties that the child may need. Another important fact is being able to attend to adolescents. Often, children reach an age, before adulthood, where this care becomes somewhat difficult. Here, surgeries and exams will be performed, so it will really make all the difference in the care of this age group," said the secretary.

 

Together, the Super Center and the Jesus Municipal Hospital will perform approximately 8 imaging exams and 700 surgeries monthly. The total investment by the Rio de Janeiro City Hall in the new pediatric complex, including improvements to the Jesus Hospital, will be R$ 75 million — a value guaranteed in partnership with the Rio de Janeiro City Council, resulting from budgetary savings by the Legislative branch. The Super Center for Children and Adolescents in Rio is expected to be completed in the second half of 2027.

 

In total, the Super Center will have more than 800 healthcare professionals working there, including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, pharmacists, nutritionists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, among others. There will be 220 doctors alone, covering various specialties, including anesthesiologists, intensivists, radiologists, infectious disease specialists, and hemotherapists. The Jesus Municipal Hospital will have another 486 jobs, 173 of which are for doctors, reinforcing specialized care for young patients.

 

During the event, the president of the Rio de Janeiro City Council, Carlo Caiado (PSD), highlighted the unity between the powers for the construction of the Super Carioca Center for Children's and Adolescents' Health.

 

"We made this decision, together with the Board of Directors and the other council members, to contribute to the construction of a very important unit for our city. Taking care of the health of our children and adolescents now means investing in them becoming healthier adults," said Caiado.

 

Over the past two years, the Legislative branch has donated resources for the construction of the Super Carioca Health Centers in Benfica and the West Zone, in Campo Grande.

 

Welcoming structure and humanized services

In addition to specialized pediatric teams and state-of-the-art equipment, especially for imaging exams, the Super Carioca Center for Children's and Adolescents' Health will have consulting rooms and an environment entirely focused on children and adolescents, with decor, a playroom, and multimedia resources designed to make the hospital environment more pleasant. The aim is to create playful and welcoming areas for patients and their families, helping to alleviate the tension of illness and long, often painful treatments. All appointments at the complex will be regulated, with entry through Primary Care units (family clinics and municipal health centers), where initial care, referrals, and subsequent patient follow-up will take place.

 

Among the specialized services of the new Super Center, the Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity Care Center will be the first in the state specializing in children and adolescents, and will aim to treat young patients early, preventing them from reaching adulthood with aggravated conditions and complications arising from this condition. According to estimates from the International Diabetes Federation, in 2024 Brazil had approximately 99 people aged 0 to 19 living with type 1 diabetes mellitus, equivalent to approximately 61% of the cases registered throughout South and Central America in this age group. The Super Center provides for early diagnosis and continuous follow-up with insulin therapy, glycemic monitoring, a multidisciplinary team, and support for the family and school. Primary Care will remain responsible for identifying, monitoring, and referring cases, while the specialized service will define the multidisciplinary therapeutic plan and the use of technologies such as continuous monitoring and insulin pumps, always based on clinical indication and periodic reassessment.

 

The humanized ICU for extended care and family support will be another pioneering service of the Super Centro Carioca de Saúde da Criança e Adolescente (Super Center for Children and Adolescents' Health). There will be a total of 20 beds for patients born with serious chronic conditions, such as congenital anomalies and neuropathies, who require support with specific equipment and care. These children often spend years hospitalized, requiring their mothers or other caregivers to also remain in the hospital. The Super Center's ICU will be divided into cubicles, with all the necessary infrastructure to ensure the patient's companion has comfort and privacy during their hospital stay. A PADI (Home Care Program) specializing in children with chronic conditions will be based on-site to monitor cases and assess, with families and professionals, the possibility of hospital discharge. Another 20 ICU beds will be located at the Hospital Municipal Jesus, intended for patients with severe acute conditions.

 

Another prominent specialized service at the Super Center will be pediatric and adolescent gynecology, for the investigation and early treatment of patients presenting with hormonal or physical alterations or developmental anomalies. It will provide specialized care for girls' health during the transition period between pediatricians and adult gynecologists, a safe and humanized space to answer families' questions and support them through the transformations of adolescence.

 

Just like the Centro Carioca do Olho in Benfica, the ophthalmology service at the Super Centro will also include an optician's shop, providing eyeglasses to children and teenagers who need vision correction. It will be the second SUS (Brazilian public healthcare system) optician's shop in the city of Rio, a pioneering service of the Municipal Health Department throughout Brazil, inaugurated in February 2023.

 

 

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September 11th, 2026

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