[1][2] The unit, idealized by Belgo-Mineira's president at the time, Louis Ensch, from Luxembourg, was initially intended to attend the company's employees and remained as the only large health center in the area until the mid-1960s.
[6] The Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul attended the hospital until 1947, when they were replaced by the Carmelite Sisters, who were involved in the creation of Colégio Angélica.
[10] In addition, due to the lack of release of the certificate from the National Social Assistance Council (CNAS), which brings fiscal and tax regularization to the entity, the unit was closed on July 15, 2011, leaving Coronel Fabriciano without SUS care.
[14][15] The problem involved the Union, the State, and the City Hall, and on September 15, 2011, it was defined that the Saint Camillus Charitable Society would be the new maintainer of the health center.
[3] The lack of transfer of funds from the state government to the Saint Camillus Charitable Society resulted in ongoing financial problems at the hospital, impaired care, and threats of shutdown in 2016 and 2017.
[20][21] Despite the concession of the administration to the City Hall, the state should still maintain the transfer of funds for the maintenance of the health center, according to the signed agreement, which also provided for the continuity of the micro-regional service.
[23] However, on May 29, 2017, the service was suspended for the second time in the last six years, once the transition of the new administration had not yet been completed and the cession of the property to Coronel Fabriciano City Hall was only finalized on June 1.
[22] Located next to the health center complex, the Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians, inaugurated in 1942, received religious celebrations until 1970, when it was no longer maintained by the hospital.
[4] The temple again received religious celebrations from the Saint Sebastian Parish in 2000, with masses taking place weekly on Fridays, but it became disused with the closing of the hospital in 2011.
[26] The chapel presents an unadorned facade, composed of a centralized entrance door and, above it, two small lintel openings in a perfect round arch.