The Civil Appeals Coordination MPSC (Ministry of State of Santa Catarina) received a positive decision from the STJ (Supreme Court) to ensure that all patients in Balneario Camboriu County who require a drug-eluting stent through angioplasty go through the EOC (United Health System ).

Hospital Ruth Cardoso in Balneario Camboriu. – Photo: Secom Balneario Camboriú/Disclosure/ND

With the novelty, SUS should be helping every person who needs the same type of surgical procedure to place a drug-eluting stent through angioplasty. You just need a treatment that an accredited doctor will prescribe.

The MPSC appeal referred to the so-called “validity of the sentence erga omnes”, that is, that the decision applies to all persons in the same position as those who motivated the filing of a public civil action. In a 1st degree decision, the judge guaranteed the right to the surgical procedure only to the patients named in the initial, although the state ministry required this service for all patients who needed it.