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USP operates 4 hospitals, among them University of São Paulo Medical School Public Hospital, the largest hospital complex in Latin America and the major teaching and training site for the University School of Medicine - it is considered one of the best health care institutions in Latin America . The Faculdade de Medicina da USP develops, along with the Hospital das Clínicas (HC), scientific researches and standardizes the new techniques and methods of diagnostics, allowing its implementation on the patients’ assistance in the HC. The researchers’ education, the students’ and health professionals’ training are activities attributed to the Medical Investigation Laboratories (LIM). In all, there are 62 LIM Laboratories.
Professor Saldiva's oral presentation is recorded on Youtube and available this way as the rest of the School.