Original title
Unidade Básica
Released
9/11/2016
Origin country
BR
Genre
Drama
Production companies
Gullane Entretenimento
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
24
Paulo is an experienced doctor who works at a Primary Healthcare Unit on the outskirts of São Paulo. Using unorthodox methods, he focuses on preventative medicine. His routine changes with the arrival of Laura, a recently graduated and ambitious young woman.
A medical drama series about the daily routine of a Primary Healthcare Unit in the outskirts of São Paulo. Dr. Paulo is a very experienced family doctor who has worked in the community for years. His focus is on caring for people, engaging with their stories and seeking unconventional solutions to treat them. His life changes with the arrival of Dr. Laura, a traditional doctor who is temporarily working at the Primary Healthcare Unit and aspires to become a specialist in a private hospital. With such different backgrounds and life goals, Dr. Paulo and Dr. Laura will gradually learn from each other while dealing with the complexities of medical cases.
Dr. Laura, newly arrived at the Primary Healthcare Unit, attends to a strange case of a patient with very high diabetes. Her relationship with Dr. Paulo begins to show signs of strain.
Juliano discovers he is HIV positive, but claims he was cured by his pastor. Dr. Laura is outraged because Juliano's wife is pregnant, and Dr. Paulo ends up resolving the problem in his own way.
Dr. Laura is faced with the case of a girl who has been urinating blood for more than three months. During the diagnostic investigation, some evidence emerges that makes the case even more difficult to handle.
During a vaccination campaign at the Primary Healthcare Unit, Eraldo suffers a cardiac arrest. After being discharged, Dr. Paulo agrees to follow up with him, but the doctor is unsure what to do given the diagnosis.
Dr. Laura finds herself involved in the difficult task of caring for a terminally ill patient after not having given the elderly woman much attention during her home life, since she has health insurance.
An outbreak of leptospirosis threatens the community's residents, and Dr. Paulo tries to warn them not to follow the instructions of a local city council candidate.
Joel's case is more complicated than it seems, as he is schizophrenic, aggressive, and needs help. But the Primary Healthcare Unit knows that his family depends on him financially, and the doctors don't want to hospitalize him.
Dr. Paulo needs to consult specialists to try and figure out what's causing his throat pain. Meanwhile, Dr. Laura might leave the Primary Healthcare Unit if she gets accepted into the Radiology residency program.
Back at the Primary Healthcare Unit, Dr. Laura will seek a balance between the human and the scientific as she mediates the conflict between the unorthodox Dr. Paulo and the new manager, Cilene, who is primarily interested in productivity. Despite some disagreements, the reunion between the doctors fosters a new relationship that is challenged by an environment where solutions are always multifaceted, but never simple, as in cases of epidemics, abortion, and domestic violence.
Being away from the Primary Healthcare Unit and her team is proving increasingly difficult for Dr. Laura, and she is becoming frustrated with the coldness of her new work environment.
To Paulo's dismay, Cilene hires two medical students to increase the number of patients seen at the Primary Healthcare Unit; despite their differences, Davi and Kátia are each at opposite ends of the spectrum of immaturity.
Irene is becoming increasingly aggressive and having difficulty understanding what her son is saying; when the case reaches the Primary Healthcare Unit, Doctor Paulo and Doctor Laura are unable to reach a consensus.
Doctor Paulo and Doctor Laura clash in search of an answer in yet another case.
Dr. Paulo receives his son, who has just run away from his mother's house. Despite the hospitality, this coexistence will be anything but easy. Amidst the chaos, Paulo will have to rethink the role of fatherhood.
Jorginho, an increasingly frail elderly man, finds his only hope in his transgender daughter, whom he has rejected for years. In this story of reconciliation, Paulo and Laura will play a key role.
Torn between the law and their own sensitivity, doctors Paulo and Laura must help two patients facing dilemmas related to pregnancy.
Paulo and Laura face a final test when a marital problem between two patients could end up causing a conflict of interest within the Primary Healthcare Unit team.
In this phase, the plot brings Dr. Paulo back to the Cecília Donnangelo Primary Healthcare Unit after a forced leave at the end of the second season. Now, he will need to face the challenges of the pandemic context while dealing with his troubled relationship with Dr. Laura, who is even more immersed in her work.
The first case of Covid-19 arrives at the Primary Healthcare Unit. Outside, Dr. Paulo meets Gislaine's mother and must contend with the new rules to provide care to his patient.
With no ICU beds available, Mariano presents the COVID kit, but Paulo and Laura are against its use.
Paulo tries to find out the cause of a traffic accident, and Laura attends to a huge demand from patients who are uninformed about the pandemic.
At the height of the pandemic, Laura clashes with Mariano; Malaquias and his mother contract COVID; Paulo must decide who gets the last available hospital bed.
The Primary Healthcare Unit t is under a lot of pressure. Laura and Paulo try to provide the best possible care to their patients while discussing their relationship.
Mariano contracts Covid-19 and isolates himself; Laura has to deal with the consequences of an affair; the fight between Paulo and Malaquias escalates.
Mariano refuses to treat a patient; Laura and Beth try to combat fake news on the radio.
Laura contracts Covid-19 and needs to be hospitalized. Paulo has to alternate between his own appointments and caring for Laura, whose condition worsens. Finally, the vaccine arrives.
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