The Complex

The Pequeno Príncipe Complex is made up of three units – the Pequeno Príncipe Hospital, the Pequeno Príncipe College and the Pelé Pequeno Príncipe Research Institute – which work in an integrated and complementary way to promote health, education, research, art, culture, and social mobilization.

The Hospital
The Complex’s assistance unit, the Pequeno Príncipe Hospital, takes care of the health of boys and girls throughout Brazil. In addition to being the largest exclusively pediatric hospital in the country, it is a reference center where the most modern diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents is practiced, taught, and researched.

It offers services in 47 specialties and areas of pediatrics and is a reference in high and medium-complexity procedures. The institution has 368 beds — 76 of which are in intensive care units (ICUs) — and conducts 60% of hospitalizations through the Brazilian Public Health System (known as SUS).

The birthplace of pediatrics in Paraná, the Hospital has trained specialists in different specialties for over five decades. More than 2,000 pediatricians, anesthesiologists, orthopedists, oncologists, and pediatric surgeons from different regions of the country, for example, have already finished their training and completed internships and residencies at the institution.

The Institute
The Pelé Pequeno Príncipe Research Institute counts with 14 lead researchers, currently dedicated to around 80 projects divided into six research lines. With a highly qualified team, the research unit of the Complex has faced the challenge of conducting scientific studies in the current health scenario in Brazil, providing important contributions to improve the quality of life and well-being of its patients.

The Institute’s research activities contribute decisively to the institution always doing more and better through high and medium complexity medicine. The studies also allow the institution to expand the scope of its work in Brazil and worldwide.