This week, he received a technical visit from the state Department of Public Works to monitor the progress of the services. Reproduction/TV Tapajós The construction of the Santarém Maternal and Child Hospital has reached 90% completion. The unit has entered the final finishing phase and is expected to be delivered later this year. The complex will centralize the highly complex health demands of pregnant women, postpartum women and children in the western region of Pará. ✅ Click here and follow the g1 Santarém e Região channel on WhatsApp Currently, around 181 workers work in the building's finishing phase, which includes painting, cleaning, installing frames and assembling the logic and air conditioning systems. The main objective of the structure is to reduce maternal and child mortality and provide safer births. The building has five floors and will house 121 specialized beds, 36 of which are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 85 in the infirmary. The complex will feature: Obstetric and pediatric urgency and emergency; Outpatient clinic with nine offices, transfusion agency and milk bank; Surgical block with three general rooms and one exclusively for cesarean sections; Eight pre-delivery, delivery and post-partum rooms; Four induction rooms and four post-anesthesia recovery rooms. Maternal and child care in the final phase: Ovra reaches 90% and should deliver 121 specialized beds For nurse Marcela Brasil, from the Municipal Health Council, the opening of the unit fills a historical gap in the public network of Santarém and neighboring municipalities. "We hope that this hospital will meet the need for laboratory and imaging tests, such as Doppler and morphological ultrasound, so that high-risk pregnant women have access to adequate treatment in a timely manner", highlighted the counselor. VIDEOS: Most viewed from g1 Santarém and Region