he SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals is comprised of nine hospital units located in Brasilia (DF), with a hospital and a International Center for Research and Rehabilitation, Salvador (BA), São Luis (MA), Belo Horizonte (MG), Fortaleza (CE), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Macapá (AP) and Belém (PA).

Each hospital in the Network is a place for perpetuating and perfecting the principles, concepts and techniques consolidated over time by the Brasilia unit, which has rendered it a center of national and international reference.

The Network hospitals are characterized by a careful integration of architectonic concepts and work organization principles with different rehabilitation programs defined according to the epidemiological indicators of the region in which each unit is located. Testimony to this integration is the hospitals’ ample airy spaces, with solariums and gardens designed to humanize the hospital environment and the infirmaries. SARAH employs the system of “progressive care” with excellent use of available resources. This system, implanted for the first time in Brazil, dates back to the origins of the SARAH Project and is characterized by placing the patient in locations of greater or lesser concentration of human and material resources. For example, this concept enabled the creation of a “First Stage” ward for patients who require more intensive care and where the presence of family members is permitted.

The environments were carefully prepared for patients with the diverse medical and therapeutic needs, with swimming pools, gymnasiums for physical therapy, complementary diagnostic exam units, operational service stations, and others.

The SARAH Network hospitals are interlinked by an advanced telecommunications system since 1997. Teams from all over the Network can come together to discuss, the diagnosis of diseases, cases and exams by means of live video conferences; this contributes substantially to multiplying the knowledge of the medical staff. Furthermore, the patient charts can be accessed on-line in the Network’s internal system, and can be done so from any SARAH hospital, thus promoting uniformity of quality at every Network facility as well as permitting continuous co-consultations, discussions and actualization programs.

naugurated in 1997, SARAH-Belo Horizonte has installation capacity of 125 beds.
In 2006, it rendered 242,746 patient services, with a daily average of 971, and conducted 2,602,517 medical and rehabilitation procedures.

In the first semester of 2007, 127,342 patients were treated, with a daily average of 1,019, and 1,349,216 medical and rehabilitation procedures were performed.

SARAH-Belo Horizonte offers rehabilitation programs for spinal cord injury, pediatric and adult brain injury, genetics, and neuromuscular disturbances, as well as complementary clinical orthopedic and surgical programs.

Previously a general hospital, SARAH-Belo Horizonte was entirely renovated and transformed into a rehabilitation center. It is now equipped with all the resources necessary for the diagnosis and treatment on par with those offered at the SARAH-Brasilia hospital.

Adress:
SARAH-BELO HORIZONTE
AVENIDA AMAZONAS, 5953
GAMELEIRA
Zip code: 30.510-000 - BELO HORIZONTE - MG
BRAZIL

Telephone: (00 55 31) 3379 26 00
Fax: (00 55 31) 3379 27 00

naugurated in 1980, the SARAH-Brasília hospital has installation capacity of 294 beds.

In 2006, this unit rendered 463,038 patient services, with a daily average of 1,852, and conducted 7,351,988 medical and rehabilitation procedures.

In the first semester of 2007, 245,264 patients were treated, with a daily average of 1,962, and 3,815,621 medical and rehabilitation procedures were performed.

SARAH-Brasília plays a multifaceted role as hospital facility, Center for Hospital Management and Administration; Center for Research and Teaching; Center for Education and Prevention Research; Center for Quality Control, Professional Training and Continuing Education; in addition to offering a Masters program in Rehabilitation Sciences. These components together, unique among the country’s medical institutions, constitute an extensive infrastructure designed to foster knowledge and medical advancement.

Adress:
SARAH-BRASÍLIA
SMHS QUADRA 501 CONJ. A
Zip code: 70.330-150 - BRASÍLIA - DF
BRAZIL

Telephone: (00 55 61) 3319 11 11
Fax: (00 55 61) 3319 15 38

naugurated in December 2003, SARAH North Lake has installation capacity of 64 beds.

In 2006, it rendered 86,318 patient services, with a daily average of 345, and conducted 751,166 medical and rehabilitation procedures.

In the first six months of 2007, 48,948 patients were treated, with a daily average of 392, and 404,193 medical and rehabilitation procedures were performed.

SARAH North Lake is an important center for advanced research in rehabilitation, and houses an intensive patient rehabilitation program that aims at re-integrating the patient back into society. SARAH North Lake, which is known as the International Center for Research and Rehabilitation, is today an important link in the research exchange with renowned international centers of study in the sciences and health fields. The North Lake Center has brought a number of prominent international researchers to SARAH and is currently engaged in a number of studies on the brain and rehabilition.

Adress:
SARAH-LAGO NORTE
Centro internacional de neurociências e reabilitação
SHIN QL 13 ÁREA ESPECIAL C
LAGO NORTE
Zip code: 71.535-005 - BRASÍLIA - DF
BRAZIL

Telephone: (00 55 61) 3319 11 11
Fax: (00 55 61)1 3319 19 09

naugurated on December 20, 2005 the SARAH Macapá unit is a pediatric rehabilitation Center.
In 2006, it rendered 21,652 patient services, with a daily average of 87, and conducted 80,855 medical and rehabilitation procedures were performed.
In the first six months of 2007, 11,416 patients were treated, with daily average of 91, and 41,404 medical and rehabilitation procedures were performed.
SARAH Macapá is the first Network hospital in northern Brazil, and is located 500 meters from the Zero Mark monument, which symbolizes the line of the Equator.

This unit treats children and adolescents up to 16 years of age, with neuropsychomotor development disorders or non-progressive pathologies.  It has a multidisciplinary team specially trained in the rehabilitation sciences, and is equipped with laboratories for radiology, neurophysiology, pathology, orthopaedics, as well as facilities for water therapy and a large gymnasium for all types of sports activities.

SARAH Macapá is linked to the other units of the SARAH Network through telecommunications technology that permits discussion of cases and exchange of information among SARAH's medical professionals through video conferencing in real time.

Adress:
SARAH-MACAPÁ
RODOVIA JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, 2011
FAZENDINHA
Zip code: 68.903-419 - MACAPÁ - AP
BRAZIL

Telephone: (00 55 96) 3312 70 00
Fax: (00 55 96) 3312 70 13

naugurated in 2001, SARAH-Fortaleza has installation capacity of 61 beds.

In 2006, it rendered 101,776 patient services, with a daily average of 407, and conducted 1,787,409 medical and rehabilitation procedures.

In the first semester of 2007, 54,996 patients were treated, with a daily average of 440, and  924,905 medical and rehabilitation procedures were performed.

Sarah-Fortaleza is specifically dedicated to pediatric and adult rehabilitation with outpatient clinic and inpatient services. The hospital has internal and external swimming pools as well as verandas that foster the humanization of treatment.

Adress:
SARAH-FORTALEZA
AV. PRESIDENTE JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK, 4.500
PASSARÉ
Zip code: 60.861-630 - FORTALEZA - CE
BRAZIL

Telephone: (00 55 85) 3499 49 99
Fax: (00 55 85) 3499 48 79

SARAH International Center for Neurorehabilitation and Neuroscience

naugurated in May 2009, SARAH/Rio is a Rehabilitation Center that treats both children and adults. Our focus is on rehabilitation, which enhances the patient’s quality of life and permits a return to daily activities.

SARAH/Rio primarily treats neurological illnesses; patients seen at this Center have already been discharged from the hospitals where they had been admitted post-trauma. SARAH Hospitals are not trauma centers and do not offer emergency services for accidents.

Adress:
SARAH INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEUROSCIENCE
EMBAIXADOR ABELARDO BUENO, Nº 1.500
BARRA DA TIJUCA
Zip code: 22775-040 - RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ
BRAZIL

naugurated in 1994, the SARAH-Salvador hospital has installation capacity of 157 beds.

In 2006, it rendered 281,877 patient services, with a daily average of 1,128, and conducted 2,880,520 medical and rehabilitation procedures.

From January through July of 2007, 123,781 patients were treated, with a daily average of 990, and 1,390,222 medical and rehabilitation procedures were performed.

The extremely favorable terrain conditions enabled the design and construction of a horizontal hospital appropriate for rehabilitation.

The architecture of the SARAH-Salvador hospital permits a total integration between internal and external spaces, reminiscent of the humanizing characteristics of the Colonial era’s health institutions in Brazil. The prevailing winds circulate air in the large spaces, creating optimal conditions for fighting nosocomial infections. The wards have ample, airy spaces that open out to the scenic external landscape.

Adress:
SARAH-SALVADOR
AVENIDA TANCREDO NEVES, 2782
CAMINHO DAS ÁRVORES
Zip code: 41.820-900 - SALVADOR - BA
BRAZIL

Telephone: (00 55 71) 3206 33 33
Fax: (00 55 71) 3206 35 64

naugurated in 1993, SARAH-São Luís has installation capacity of 130 beds.

In 2006, it rendered 240,307 patient services, with a daily average of 961, and conducted 2,731,168 medical and rehabilitation procedures.

In the first semester of 2007, 119,651 patients were treated, with a daily average of 957, and 1,473,564 medical and rehabilitation procedures were performed.

SARAH-São Luís hospital is the Network’s branch in the northern region of Brazil and has been gradually broadening the scope of its services. Orthopedic, spinal cord injury, and brain injury programs have been progressively implemented.

SARAH-São Luís has a special Community Center whose goal is to promote educational projects and greater integration between patient and community. It houses a library with reading rooms (appropriate for scholastic research), toy room, amphitheater and community hall.

Adress:
SARAH-SÃO LUÍS
AVENIDA LUIZ ROCHA S/N° - MONTE CASTELO
Zip code: 65.070-000 - SÃO LUÍS - MA
BRAZIL

Telephone: (00 55 98) 3216 53 53
Fax: (00 55 98) 3216 51 26