The impact caused on the population of a city in the state of pernambuco with the early closing of campaign hospitals – 2021

The Recife confirmed the first imported cases of COVID-19 on March 12, the first of local transmission on March 14 and community transmission on March 17, 2020. Until the local transmission phase, all suspected cases, according to the case definitions of the Ministry of Health, they were notified through the Platform of the Center for Strategic Information in Health Surveillance of Pernambuco (CIEVS PE) and monitored by the municipality. Documentary research was carried out for the constitution of the article. Consultations were held with key informants and the collections - printed and digital - of the Ministry of Health, State Health Secretariat of Pernambuco and the Health Secretariat of Recife. Brazil has 34,464 adult ICU beds, 66% and 48% of which are available for SUS, respectively. Where 10% of hospital establishments are large, while 66% are from small hospitals. The occupancy rate of general beds in the SUS is relatively low for small hospitals, 24%, compared to 75% in large hospitals. For ICU beds, there is a greater exhaustion of the health system, mainly in large hospitals, with an average occupancy rate of 60% (medium size) and 77% (large size). In view of the pandemic scenario, states and municipalities in Brazil, as well as other countries in the world, identified the need to increase the number of hospital beds for coping with COVID-19. The field hospital is a great example of quick solutions in times of emergency of public health as measures to contain the deficit of hospital beds.