The Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (LAIS/UFRN) received this Thursday (21) the visit of the president of the Brazilian Company of Hospital Services (EBSERH), general Oswaldo Ferreira. The agent of the public company is in Rio Grande do Norte for a series of technical visits in hospitals managed by the network.

The visit took place during the mission of the president of EBSERH at Onofre Lopes University Hospital in Natal. On the occasion, he attended a meeting with the LAIS coordinator, Professor Ricardo Valentim, which was also attended by the head of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, José Daniel Diniz, and the hospital superintendent, Stênio Gomes da Silveira.

The president of the EBSERH network met projects developed by LAIS that are already applied by HUOL management in the hospital routine, as well as technologies still under development.

Ebserh’s president highlighted the impact of research developed by LAIS and praised the lab’s work. “The work done by this team is kind of a measure that makes the world a better place. I already knew LAIS from photos and videos, but today you can attest to everything that is developed here, and I was very pleased with what I saw, ”said General Ferreira.

The LAIS coordinator, Professor Ricardo Valentim, spoke about the importance of visiting the president of the EBSERH network. For him, the public company partnership with LAIS is important for the global health issue. “EBSERH is an important partner of LAIS and through its president has been receptive to the work needs we have. Through EBSERH, LAIS and the network’s hospitals have the possibility to put themselves in a leading role for the development of new technologies that will impact the SUS user ”, he concluded.