Young woman is hit by a branch and loses the use of her legs in Curitiba This Tuesday morning (16), Anvisa approved the application of polylaminin to young Ana Beatriz Stubinski, aged 22, who lost movement in her leg after she was hit by a branch that came loose from a tree in Praça Osório, in Curitiba. The substance is expected to arrive in Paraná and be applied by the end of this Tuesday afternoon. ✅ Follow the g1 Paraná channel on WhatsApp Ana had a fracture between the T5 and T6 vertebrae and a perforation in the lung, which led to the need for drainage. The family had been expecting the application of polylaminin since Saturday (13), the day of the accident, but was waiting for the bureaucratic process to find out if Ana's case met the criteria for receiving the experimental substance. 🧪 Polylaminin is a synthetic protein developed in Brazil and still in the study phase, with the potential to stimulate the regeneration of nerves and tissues injured in the spinal cord. The news of the release of the substance was communicated by the young woman's parents in a live interview with RPC. "Ana will have another chance in her life. [...] We will continue praying for Ana, because now it is a miracle from God for her to walk again, rehabilitate herself and have her life back. My heart is coming out of my mouth", said the father, emotionally. Mitter Mayer, coordinator of the Cristália laboratory, which produces the substance in partnership with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), assesses that Ana's case has some chance of recovering her movements: "Ana Beatriz will be evaluated by our team, but from the information we had is that she had a complete injury to the spinal cord. Anyone who has a complete injury to the spinal cord, according to medicine and the history of science, has the possibility of, at most, a 9% chance of returning to some movement or some sensitivity. When you have a disease considered incurable, a disease that has no prospect of treatment, the doctor understands that the patient would have more benefits than risks in these treatments [with the application of polylaminin], and we request in these cases They are exclusively for rare diseases, intractable diseases," said Mayer. Ana Beatriz Stubinski, 22, suffered serious injuries after she was hit by a branch Family Archive READ ALSO: Investigation: Mechanic is arrested on suspicion of 'inventing problems' to charge women and the elderly more Crime: Banks are the target of a mega-robbery in Paraguay in an orchestrated action involving more than 20 criminals; police investigate participation of Brazilians Rural producer and teacher: Who is the farmer who kept an elderly couple in modern slavery for 20 years Path to the application of polylaminin The use of the substance depends on the individual analysis of each case and approval by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa). To do this, the patient must meet a series of clinical criteria. Furthermore, according to Anvisa, the request for compassionate use, whether direct or via court, is not made directly to Anvisa, but to the sponsoring laboratory, in this case, Cristália. If the laboratory agrees to donate the experimental medicine to the patient, it submits a process for final approval by Anvisa. The process requires that there are no other therapeutic options for the patient, evaluation and opinion of the responsible doctors, clinical history and other information regarding each case. Young woman was visiting her family when she was shot Ana lives in Valinhos (SP) and accompanied her mother, sister and nephew to the market in Praça Osório Family Archive Ana lives in Valinhos (SP) and was visiting her family, who lives in Curitiba. On Saturday, she accompanied her mother, sister and nephew to the winter fair. Andressa Tozato Gonçalves, the young woman's sister, says that, while the family was at one of the stalls at the fair, the branch fell from the tree, knocking Ana down. "When I saw it, she was on the ground, fallen, her torso was on top of her neck and there was a piece of her torso on top of my son's stroller", he details, adding that, at the time of the accident, it was neither raining nor windy. According to the family, the Municipal Guard immediately provided initial assistance, immobilized the victim and called the Integrated Emergency Trauma Care Service (Siate). From there, Ana was taken by ambulance to the Hospital do Trabalhador. "[From the moment of the fall onwards], she couldn't feel her legs anymore. She complained of a lot of pain in her back. We tried to see if her legs were working, but she wasn't feeling them", recalls Ana's mother, Vanessa Stubinski. Young woman suffers serious injuries after being hit by a tree branch in a square in Curitiba Family Archive In a statement, the City of Curitiba regretted what happened and informed that the Municipal Department of the Environment maintains a permanent program for monitoring and managing urban afforestation. "Periodic technical inspections, phytosanitary assessments and preventive management actions are carried out. The last general review of the tree conditions at Praça Osório was carried out in April this year, within the regular protocols adopted by the municipality. The technical teams from the Municipal Secretariat for the Environment have already carried out an inspection at the site and are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the occurrence, with the assessment of all factors involved. After the inspection carried out at the square, the need for new emergency interventions in the area was not identified", says the note. 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