'santa casa hospital, yes, is that uh, the practical way in which you're giving brazilians the right had a right to be normal, to be like the others, and independing of the social club. his efforts finally paid off, it was decided'. that cosmetic surgery be free for all people, or at least subsidized. like a church, petang institute was both a place for teaching surgery and a place for operating the poor. it was for this reason that they chose the title of pope of plastic surgery for him. now 50 years have passed since pitange's efforts and cosmetic surgery in brazil has found a strange situation. "now brazilians can't live without plastic surgery if they want to. doing this is necessity to find a better job, a spouse and social position, necessity that puts the people of this country in line for cosmetic surgery for months and in some cases years. some statistics say that the government of this country subsidizes half million cosmetic sur'. every year, issue that doesn't exist in any other country. the international society of aesthetic plastic surgery says that in 2013 alone, more