The boy Kauan is hospitalized in São Paulo, awaiting a Fontan surgery. His transfer to the city occurred after his mother, Laise Sousa, chained herself to the gate of the General Hospital of Palmas (HGP).
According to his mother, doctors are scheduled to meet this Friday (2) with the goal of determining if Kauan has the necessary conditions to undergo any surgical procedure. The child has already undergone exams such as cranial tomography, thoracic tomography, and encephalogram, in addition to having had a catheterization on Tuesday (29).
Fontan surgery is a specific procedure intended for patients born with only one functional ventricle in the heart. Kauan has been hospitalized at the Children and Maternity Hospital of São José do Rio Preto (SP) since September 25, having been transported by an air ICU upon judicial determination. The medical team at HGP had signaled the urgency of the transfer due to the complexity and severity of the boy's clinical condition.
Recalling the case
The family resides in Paraíso do Tocantins, located approximately 60 km from Palmas. This case has been ongoing since 2024, when Laise requested treatment outside her home. In July 2025, the Judiciary ordered the State to provide the child's transfer to the Children and Maternity Hospital of São José do Rio Preto, using an air ICU, and guaranteeing an escort and coverage of accommodation costs.
A year later, there was a new judicial deliberation that resulted in the blocking of the funds necessary for the execution of the surgery. Laise staged a protest by chaining herself to the gate of HGP on the morning of September 9. On the same day, she went to the Public Ministry, requesting her son's transfer. At that time, the body informed that the mother was received by the Social Assistance and Citizen Service teams, and that the MP would intervene in the judicial process regarding Kauan's health assistance, which had been filed by the Public Defender's Office.
Initially, the State Health Secretariat communicated that the patient had been monitored at the Municipal Hospital of Araguaína and that, after the medical evaluations conducted there, the Fontan surgery was considered contraindicated due to the child's clinical conditions, who presented clinical fragility and compromised vascular access. Later, on September 12, 2026, the State notified that the patient's transfer was authorized, depending only on the acceptance of the destination unit in São Paulo. Kauan was transferred to São Paulo fourteen days after this release.