He who saves one life, saves the whole world
“He who saves one life, saves the whole world”
30/04/2024
By switching, at the last minute, from Law to Medicine on the entrance exam registration sheet, teenager Isabela traced a destiny of great dedication and giving, crowned by the generosity and kindness learned from birth, values transmitted by her parents. “I found myself, it was a good choice. I was the first in my family to become a doctor”, says today Dr. Isabela Rangel, Medical Director of Pro Criança Cardiac, whom our blog honors on Cardiologist Day, August 14th.
Isabela is from Rio de Janeiro. She was born in Rio, near the Engenho Novo neighborhood, in the north of the city. She is the firstborn of Antônio Teixeira and Mercês Marques Teixeira, Portuguese immigrants who met in Brazil. The couple’s second daughter is named Ana Lúcia. “I had a very happy and very united childhood, a family with many cousins. Sundays were always expected, so everyone could meet up”, says the doctor.
Family ties remained strong. “I have a very close bond with my parents, we are always together. Just like my husband has with his parents. On weekends, we usually take turns and spend one day at my in-laws’ house, another with my parents. I also get along very well with my brothers-in-law. Furthermore, I currently see my father every day in the morning, because I am going to examine him and, of course, also play my role as a daughter, since he is 94 years old and has some health issues.
Her husband, Cláudio, is also a doctor. They met as soon as Isabela graduated. They have been together for 29 years and have three children, all adults, today: Juliana, 27 years old; Pedro, 22; and Gabriela, who turns 21 in November and chose her parents’ career.
And how did Dr. Isabela arrive at Pro Criança?
Working in a Neonatal ICU, she had her first contact with Dr. Rosa Célia. “She was going to give opinions in this ICU and I liked watching her do the exams, outline the course of action… That was when she invited me to join a group of intensive care doctors who would work in the post-operative period of children’s heart surgeries at the Pró-Cardiaco Hospital. To take on the new position, I left Casa de Saúde São José and Cardiobarra, where I worked.”
Then, a new invitation was made and accepted: to be part of the team at Dr. Rosa’s private practice. “I helped the children so that they would be as healthy as possible for heart surgery. I became enchanted by the area and, with a lot of support from Dr. Rosa, I decided to do a new specialization, this time, three years of Pediatric Cardiology at Hospital Pedro Ernesto, at the service of Dr. Luiz Alberto Christiani”, she recalls.
And he adds: “I participated in the creation and construction of Pro Criança Cardiac, since Dr. Rosa began dreaming of not only treating, but operating on, needy children whose families came to her office looking for help. I am very honored to have followed all of this.”
And ping-pong time has arrived! Let’s ask Dr. Isabela…
What is your favorite movie?
A film impacted me a lot. It’s “Schindler’s List” (Steven Spielberg/1993). It shows how, in the midst of so much cruelty, it is possible to find a lot of love. There is a quote in this film that also stuck with me, towards the end, when the main actor receives a ring on which is inscribed “He who saves a life, saves the whole world”. I believe in this, in the chain of good that is formed when a life is saved. The people around are infected by your gesture and commit to saving more lives.
I would also like to highlight one of my favorite books. It’s called “Night Train to Lisbon” (philosophical novel by Pascal Mercier published in 2004). It’s a shame the film doesn’t even come close to the book…
What food makes you sigh?
I love chocolate, it’s my weakness, but not just any chocolate. It’s one to taste.
In your free time do you like….
Read good books. I read a lot. That’s when I relax. Even going to the bookstore and smelling that book smell I like. I also love traveling and, for longer trips, the preparation is already a super program: studying customs, typical foods, cool places… I also really like taking short, last-minute trips, when we don’t work on the weekends. Going to the cinema is also a habit, but with the pandemic I never went again.
What person do you admire most?
My parents. I admire them so much for the courage they had to leave their country, still young, without knowing what they would find. They taught me the great values of life, from an early age they showed the importance of being kind, generous, perhaps even because of all the difficulties they had when they arrived here, a different culture, I don’t know if that’s why they always tried to help others. My sister and I saw and lived with their generosity. I hope one day I can be, for my children, what they are for me.
What dream of yours has already come true?
Discover Boston’s Children Hospital, in the United States, a reference in pediatric cardiology. I always wanted to go there, it was a huge accomplishment. The way the trip happened was also exciting, as I competed with other doctors and was approved for the visit.
What dream do you want to fulfill?
I want to be able to help Pro Criança become a reference in pediatric cardiology at a national and international level. This is a professional and personal dream, after all the institution has been in my life for so long… As a person, Isabela, I think I am already well fulfilled. With family, with work.
What do you like most about yourself?
My mother side.
What phrase inspires your life?
The Dalai Lama says: “Give those you love wings to fly, roots to return to, and reasons to stay.” I think this is the family basis. For those who are mothers, this is very important, knowing how to love without suffocating their children, making them grow within your love. It is necessary to give people the freedom to make their own choices and, at the same time, feel safe that they have a real home there. If you always do this with your friends and family you will always be surrounded by love.
Helping others is…
It’s essential.
Working at Pro Criança is…
Gratifying.
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Standard in the corporate world and increasingly necessary in the third sector, guidelines that govern internal and external relations with Pro Criança were developed in partnership with the renowned Ulhôa Canto Advogados Office.
Ethics, honesty, integrity, reliability, respect, transparency and coherence have always been very dear values for society as a whole, essential for the unblemished reputation of companies and, in recent decades, also for the Third Sector in the country, which is growing in leaps and bounds. wide. According to the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea), there are more than 820,000 Civil Society Organizations active in Brazil.
One of them is Pro Criança Cardiac, which launches its Code of Ethics and Conduct on February 19th, next Wednesday, at a closed event. After the launch, there will be training aimed at the institution’s employees, suppliers and service providers in the auditorium of the Botafogo Medical Center (Rua Dona Mariana, 143). The opening will be given by Mitzy Cremona Conde, lawyer and Executive Director of Pro Criança Cardiac, and the training will be conducted by the Institution’s volunteer lawyer, Fernanda Freitas, partner at the Ulhôa Canto Advogados Office, a partner of Pro Criança for 11 years.
“Pro Criança Cardiac’s mission is to offer the best in medicine for children, with care guided by rigorous standards of quality and professional ethics. We also want to be pioneers in excellence in the implementation, training and compliance with compliance standards and guidelines, thus becoming a reference in the Third Sector”, highlights Dr. Rosa Celia Pimentel Barbosa, founder and president of the institution.
Pro Criança Cardiac’s Code of Ethics and Conduct was prepared by lawyers Mitzy Cremona Conde and Fernanda Freitas and is governed by the following fundamental principles: Strict compliance with the law, Respect for work and workers, Environmental responsibility and Rejection of corruption.
The guidelines contained therein must be observed by the institution and all its collaborators – employees and third parties acting on behalf of Pro Criança. The Code will be widely disseminated among associates, directors, advisors, administrators, doctors, partners, donors, employees, volunteers, service providers, suppliers, representatives, contractors, donors, sponsors and third parties in general who, in some way, collaborate to the development of the organization.
“It is an important step to enable and preserve our mission, vision and values, guiding and serving as a reference to all employees for professional and personal performance that encompasses the highest ethical standards, honesty and integrity”, adds Dr. Rosa Celia.
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Founder and president of Pro Criança is among the 50 authors of “The post-pandemic world”
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The founder of Pro Criança Cardiac, Dr. Rosa Celia, is among the 50 authors of the book The Post-Pandemia World, which has just been released by Nova Fronteira and was organized by lawyer José Roberto de Castro Neves. Personalities that are references in their fields participated in the work, such as actress Fernanda Torres, journalist and presenter Pedro Bial and businessman Roberto Medina. Copyright will be fully transferred to Pro Criança Cardiac.
The Post-Pandemic World brings reflections on the before and after Covid-19 as a determining episode in this century and debates the consequences of recent political, health and economic actions. What should we expect for our future and the future of the next generations? A drastic transformation in everything human? Or just the return of the world as it always was?
In the book, personalities give their opinion on the main spheres of human action, taking into account each of their complexities and dilemmas: cardiologist Rosa Célia wrote about the importance of social projects and the interface of hers, Pro Criança Cardiac, with the own life story. The importance of the third sector, reinforced in times of pandemic, is also in Dr. Rosa’s text, who hopes that, from everything that is being experienced, there will be some learning for the future.
Among her considerations is also the role of medical institutions beyond caring for patients infected by the coronavirus. For her, part of worrying about those who are at home and suffering the effects of isolation, who are without basic goods, without housing, for example.
Dr. Rosa believes that the pandemic brought about the mobilization of people and institutions, making everyone more generous, whether in the form of partnerships or individually. She saw this happen up close at Pro Criança and the number of donations increased, despite the difficulties.
“I have great hope that these changes in trajectory will remain, so that more and more people will benefit”, wrote Dr. Rosa, and also brought to reflection the words of businessman Joey Reiman, which, for her, should be valid for life : “Fierce competition is not sustainable. Compassion is. In the decades to come, companies will focus on the business of life and work for the biggest customer of all: humanity.”
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CERTIFICATION STRENGTHENS THE PROJECT’S CREDIBILITY WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
Pro Criança Cardiac was approved in the audit process of the 2020-23 Donate Criteria Seal, with 49 points out of a possible 52, and qualified with the A+ Seal.
The Doar Management and Transparency Seal Certificate, achieved by Pro Criança this July, is from Instituto Doar and means that the institution becomes part of a group that has also achieved the quality standard defined by the Institute.
The objective of Instituto Doar is to guarantee standards that help donors, financiers and supporters make decisions. For Pro, it is another supporter of the network that takes care of needy children with heart disease.
Among the institutions that acquired the Seal are ABRACESOLIDÁRIO, Brazil Foundation, Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, Instituto Guga Kuerten, Lar Menino Deus, Pró-Saber SP, as well as others that are references in their areas: Education, Health, Sports, among others.
The seal is based on the main international certification models for civil society organizations in relation to codes of conduct that adopt and judge as standards the excellence of strategy, governance, communication, financing strategy, accountability and other aspects.
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In addition to the Seal, the Best NGOs, PQGT, Transparent NGO and Most Liked Ranking certifications are part of the Institute, from the international organization Instituto Donar. In Brazil, they began their work in 2012 at the NGO Brasil event, when they had the opportunity to mobilize the more than 500 organizations that were present at the event.