Santa Casa de Misericordia

Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo is a longstanding Brazilian philanthropic hospital institution that provides broad healthcare services, including hospital care, diagnostics, specialty services, teaching, and research. The organization describes itself as a private and secular institution and is considered one of Brazil's major hospital reference centers. It serves patients through its hospital and outpatient infrastructure and also supports medical education and clinical research activities. Rather than operating as a venture-backed biotech or drug developer, it functions primarily as an established healthcare delivery and academic medical institution.