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Combined with this, there was a rise in the price of petroleum in 2021,
which caused increases in cost structures in Brazil as well as other coun-
tries of the world. The pandemic brought to the hospital segment the
challenge of expanding emergency care at a time when elective proce-
dures suffered strongly. The level of occupancy of hospitals ended the
year at 75%, below the levels observed in the pre-Covid period. Among
the effects reflected in the company's operations is the growth in de-
mand for personal protection equipment (PPE) such as masks, aprons,
and disposable gloves, which effectively boosted the sale of these
items, especially in the first half of 2021 - the most acute phase of the
pandemic in Brazil. At the end of 2021, with the advance of vaccinations,
there was a sharp drop in demand for products related to Covid-19 and
a slow resumption in the consumption of the standard mix of hospital
materials, high-cost drugs, and vaccines.
It is worth highlighting, in this sense, the strategic relevance of Viveo's
performance as an ecosystem, both in virtue of its integrated services
in the healthcare sector as well as its ability to compensate for the im-
pacts and effects that would have been detrimental to the company's
economic and financial results – allowing it to reach a net revenue of
R$ 6.2 billion in 2021.
The pandemic brought to
the hospital segment the
challenge of expanding
emergency care.
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Sustainability Report 2021
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