Beneficência Portuguesa De São Paulo
The Real e Benemérita Associação Portuguesa de Beneficência ComC • ComM • GCM, also known as Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo or BP, located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, is one of the largest and most advanced private hospital complexes in Latin America. Situated in the Bela Vista district, the Beneficência hospitals have approximately 7,500 employees and 3,000 doctors, and treat around 1.9 million patients a year in over 50 medical specialties. History The Beneficência Portuguesa was created by Luís Semeão Ferreira Viana and Joaquim Rodrigues Salazar, small Portuguese businessmen, who were joined by Miguel Gonçalves dos Reis. The official establishment of the benevolent organization happened on October 2, 1859, during a meeting at the residence of the Portuguese Aires Coelho da Silva Gameiro, later Baron da Silva Gameiro. Originally, the institution focused on mutual aid between members of the Portuguese community in São Paulo. The 1859 statutes sp ...
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São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ...
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