Instituto Mário Penna

About Instituto Mário Penna

The Instituto Mário Penna is a philanthropic health institution specializing in cancer treatments. Its structure is composed of the Mario Penna and Luxembourg hospitals, Casa de Apoio Beatriz Ferraz, and the Teaching and Research Center. The Luxembourg Hospital is classified by the Ministry of Health as a High Complexity Assistance Center in Oncology (CACON). The Instituto Mário Penna serves patients from over 760 municipalities in Minas Gerais and is responsible for 70% of new cancer cases in Belo Horizonte and the Metropolitan Region, as well as over 20% of the total new cases of the disease in the entire state of Minas Gerais.