César Cals Hospital Remains Closed Indefinitely After Fire Pending Full Inspection

Overview

• Officials report 117 babies and 153 women were transferred to other public hospitals with no injuries recorded and no assistential areas damaged.
• Power utility Enel executed an emergency shutdown and installed generators for neonatal care as firefighters contained the incident centered on an external substation.
• Merchants at the Beco da Poeira shopping center opened stores as improvised ICUs to power incubators and shelter patients during the evacuation.
• Repairs will only be defined after a comprehensive structural review of the century‑old building, and investigators are probing the cause of the fire.
• Sesa is rerouting services network‑wide, moving staff and equipment to the University Hospital, redirecting imaging to Santa Casa and the Police Hospital, labs to Hemoce, and mammography to the Cancer Prevention Institute while staff assist walk‑ins and arrange transport.