Mobile imaging unit serves SUS patients in Ponta Grossa; see how it works

The imaging cart in Ponta Grossa is serving SUS patients awaiting specialized procedures in the city and other municipalities of the region. The mobile unit of the Ministry of Health offers different types of tomography and ultrasound and remains in operation in the municipality until September 25.

The structure is part of the Agora Tem Especialistas program of the Federal Government, created by Law No. 15.233/2025. The initiative seeks to expand the offer of consultations, procedures, examinations and other specialized services by the Unified Health System.

In Ponta Grossa, the mobile unit is equipped for imaging examinations and has a multiprofessional team. The objective is to contribute to the early diagnosis of diseases and allow health professionals to have more information to define the treatment of patients.

Attendance involves residents of 12 municipalities

Besides Ponta Grossa, the wagon receives patients referred from other 11 municipalities: Arapoti, Carambeí, Castro, Ipiranga, Ivaí, Jaguariaíva, Palmeira, Piraí do Sul, Porto Amazonas, São João of Triumph and Sengés.

The unit began operation on August 28 and will continue to perform attendances until September 25.

According to the Ministry of Health, the expectation is that the period of approximately 30 days will allow to carry out about 1,400 attendances, contributing to reduce the waiting line for specialized exams.

The executive secretary of the Ministry of Health, Adriano Massuda, followed the visits last Friday (4). During the visit, he stressed that procedures performed free of charge by SUS could represent a high cost for patients in the private network.

On Saturdays

During the passage through Ponta Grossa, Massuda also announced that the wagon will start operating on Saturdays. The measure seeks to increase the number of patients treated during the period in which the unit remains in the city.

Who can take the exams?

The service in the cart does not occur by direct search. The examinations are performed exclusively on patients previously scheduled and referred by the municipal health secretariats.

Those who already have a medical indication and are waiting for an examination by the SUS should seek a Basic Health Unit to verify the status of the referral and the necessary procedures.

According to the Ministry of Health, mobile units have already passed through 14 municipalities of Paraná offering services in areas such as imaging, women’s health and ophthalmology.

In the state, about 20,000 people have already been served by the wagons, with more than 79,000 procedures performed, according to a report released by the Ministry of Health.

Service

Operating period on Ponta Grossa: August 28 to September 25

Only patients of the SUS previously scheduled and referred

Services: tomography and ultrasound

Coverage: Ponta Grossa and 11 other municipalities in the region

How to request referral: search for a Basic Health Unit

 

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