Hospital José Maria Morais and UPA will have sole management in Cel. Fabriciano Coronel Fabriciano City Hall announced that it will outsource the management of the José Maria de Moraes Hospital and the Emergency Care Unit (UPA). From August onwards, the two units will be managed by Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Curitiba. According to the municipal administration, the measure seeks to unify management, reduce costs and improve the efficiency of health services. The announcement was made this Tuesday (21), during a press conference at city hall. According to Mayor Sadi Lucca (PL), the new manager takes over the two units through an emergency contract lasting 12 months. During this period, the city hall intends to prepare a notice to define the definitive management. ? Click here to follow the g1 Vales channel on WhatsApp According to the mayor, the decision was taken after an attempt to accredit a new manager was not completed. “We had to make an emergency layoff so that we could have full management within the hospital and also within the UPA,” he stated. Currently, the hospital and UPA cost around R$5.3 million per month. According to Sadi Lucca, one of the objectives of the change is to make administration more efficient. “With this new management, I am sure that we will further improve the optimization of resources there, team management and especially service to the population,” he said. The city hall informed that the José Maria de Moraes Hospital will continue to serve exclusively through the Unified Health System (SUS). The mayor emphasized that the change does not represent the privatization of the unit. According to the municipal administration, outsourcing should also concentrate in a single institution the management of services that are currently performed through different contracts. During the press conference, it was informed that currently around ten companies operate in different areas of the hospital and the UPA. City Hall outsources management of the José Maria de Moraes Hospital and the UPA in Coronel Fabriciano Marina Bhering/Inter TV dos Vales Regarding the workers at the units, the mayor informed that they will all be retained initially during the transition process. According to him, there will be administrative adjustments to the new form of management, but without interrupting services. According to the management of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Curitiba, at this first moment there is no plan to increase the number of beds. The priority will be to maintain the current functioning of the hospital and the UPA and implement improvements in internal and care processes. At the end of the emergency contract, the city hall informed that it will evaluate the results of the management to decide whether to publish a new notice for permanent contracting or whether to adopt another model of administration of the units. READ ALSO: Colonel Sandro resumes Mayorship of Governador Valadares and dismisses secretariat Accident leaves two dead, section of BR-381 between Ipatinga and Belo Oriente is closed Man is sentenced to 98 years in prison for sexual crimes against children and neighbor in Vale do Mucuri Videos from the East and Northeast of Minas Gerais See other news from the region at g1 Vales de Minas Gerais.