Cislipa

What Cislipa does

Cislipa — legally Consórcio Intermunicipal de Saúde do Litoral do Paraná — is a public consortium (consórcio público) created in 2010 through coordinated municipal legislation from the seven coastal municipalities of Paraná state (Antonina, Guaraqueçaba, Guaratuba, Matinhos, Morretes, Paranaguá, and Pontal do Paraná) and headquartered in Paranaguá. It operates as a pessoa jurídica de direito público under the indirect administration of its member municipalities and is governed by a General Assembly. Its principal operational mandate is administration of SAMU 192 (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência), a 24/7 pre-hospital emergency medical service featuring physician-led medical regulation, centralized dispatch via the free 192 emergency number, and a multi-modal fleet that includes advanced life support units (USA), basic support units (USB), transport vehicles (VT), rapid intervention 4x4 vehicles (VIR), motorcycle response units (motolância), aquatic rescue craft (ambulancha), and helicopter air rescue — assets configured for the geography of the Litoral do Paraná, including remote island and coastal areas such as Ilha do Mel.

The consortium's revenue model is wholly government-sourced under tripartite funding: the Federal Government through the Ministry of Health / Fundo Nacional de Saúde, the State of Paraná through SESA, and the seven member municipalities via proportional Contratos de Rateio. Services are delivered free of charge to citizens. Operational performance in early 2026 ran at over 11,500 emergency calls and more than 10,900 regulated occurrences in the first four months alone. Supporting non-clinical products include a Transparency Portal (Portal da Transparência), a Swagger-documented Open Data API for public records and fund transfers, an Ouvidoria citizen complaint channel, a satisfaction survey system, the Sistema de Informação ao Cidadão (SIC) under LAI 12.527/2011, and full LGPD compliance with a designated DPO.

The entity is currently operating but undergoing significant structural stress: Guaratuba and Matinhos have initiated formal withdrawal proceedings in 2026, and the consortium has responded with governance modernization including the Tenth Amendment to the Protocol of Intentions (February 2026), salary and food allowance adjustments, a new Social Communication Department, and renewed fleet investment. The investment-relevant question is whether the operational core — physician-regulated SAMU dispatch across remaining municipalities — is sustainable as a smaller membership coalition, or whether further exits threaten the tripartite funding equilibrium.

Name

Cislipa

Legal name

Consórcio Intermunicipal de Saúde do Litoral do Paraná

Website

https://cislipalitoral.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cislipa is a Brazilian public consortium that operates SAMU 192 emergency medical services across seven coastal municipalities in Paraná, funded tripartitely by the federal Ministry of Health, the State of Paraná, and member municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Ambulance Services (621910)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAGAC

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) & Ambulance Services

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Law Enforcement & Public Safety (Police, Fire, EMS)

SECONDARYHLAFANAK

Dispatch, Communications & Medical Control Centers (PSAP/ECC)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Emergency Medical Services

SECONDARYBPADADAC

Emergency Medical Care & Field Hospitals

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Humanitarian Relief & Emergency Response

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Pre-hospital care
• Mobile urgent care
• Medical regulation
• Public health consortium

Headquarters

HQ city

Paranaguá

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Tripartite Government Funding: Funding from three government levels: Federal Government (Ministry of Health/MS/FNS), State of Paraná (SESA), and the 7 member municipalities. Resources allocated for SAMU operations, staff, equipment, and infrastructure.
2. Municipal Rate Contracts: Proportional contributions from consortium municipalities based on agreed rate contracts (Contratos de Rateio) for shared healthcare services.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cislipa delivers 24/7 pre-hospital emergency medical response (SAMU 192) across seven coastal municipalities of Paraná, Brazil, dispatching a tiered fleet of advanced support units (USA), basic support units (USB), rapid intervention vehicles (VIR), transport vehicles (VT), motorcycle response units (Motolância), aquatic rescue boats (Ambulâncha), and helicopter air rescue based on physician-led medical regulation. The service covers clinical, traumatic, pediatric, surgical, obstetric-gynecological, and mental health emergencies and is funded by a tripartite arrangement among federal, state, and municipal governments, with services accessed free of charge via the 192 emergency number.

Product overview

Cislipa (Consórcio Intermunicipal de Saúde do Litoral do Paraná) is a public health consortium managing regional emergency services across 7 coastal municipalities. The core product is SAMU 192 (Emergency Mobile Care Service), a 24/7 operation providing pre-hospital emergency response via various vehicle types (USA, USB, VT, VIR, motolância, ambulancha, helicopter). Supporting products include the Portal da Transparência for government transparency, Open Data API for public data access, Ouvidoria complaint system, Pesquisa de Satisfação citizen surveys, and PLACIC joint action planning. The consortium operates with tripartite funding from federal, state, and municipal governments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SAMU 192 (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência) 24/7 pre-hospital emergency mobile medical service responding to clinical, traumatic, pediatric, surgical, obstetric-gynecological, and mental health emergencies via the free phone number 192, using a tiered fleet of USA (advanced life support/mobile ICU), USB (basic life support), VT (transport), VIR (rapid intervention 4x4), Motolância (motorcycle response), Ambulâncha (aquatic rescue), and helicopter air rescue; available to all residents and visitors of the seven coastal Paraná municipalities.
• Portal da Transparência Public transparency portal providing access to financial data, budgets, bidding processes, contracts, service agreements, personnel information, and government records for the Cislipa consortium.
• API de Dados Abertos (Open Data API) Open data API providing structured, machine-readable JSON access to public servant records (name, position, employment relationship, compensation) and fund transfer data (values, resource origin, destination) via a Swagger interface, supporting transparency under Lei de Acesso à Informação 12.527/2011.
• Ouvidoria (Ombudsman / Citizen Feedback Channel) Online channel enabling citizens to submit consultations, criticisms, complaints, praise, and service requests to the Cislipa consortium through dedicated forms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced mortality from emergency situations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ministry of Health / Fundo Nacional de Saúde (MS/FNS) - Federal Government of BrazilcoreOthersFederal government funding partner providing tripartite resources for SAMU operations, equipment, training, and infrastructure under the National Emergency and Urgency Policy.
• Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Paraná (SESA)coreOthersState of Paraná health secretariat providing tripartite funding and technical coordination for regional emergency medical services.
• Prefeitura Municipal de ParanaguácoreOthersHost municipality of the consortium headquarters, providing administrative support and co-funding for regional emergency services.
• Prefeitura Municipal de AntoninacoreOthersMember municipality of the consortium, contributing proportional funding and participating in regional health coordination.
• Prefeitura Municipal de GuaraqueçabacoreOthersMember municipality of the consortium, contributing proportional funding and participating in regional health coordination.
• Prefeitura Municipal de GuaratubacoreOthersMember municipality (in process of withdrawal from consortium per July 2026 assembly deliberations).
• Prefeitura Municipal de MatinhoscoreOthersMember municipality of the consortium (submitted withdrawal request per March 2026 assembly notes).
• Prefeitura Municipal de MorretescoreOthersMember municipality of the consortium, contributing proportional funding and participating in regional health coordination.
• Prefeitura Municipal de Pontal do ParanácoreOthersMember municipality of the consortium, contributing proportional funding and participating in regional health coordination.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Help Emergências Médicas: Private Brazilian emergency medical services provider offering pre-hospital care, ambulance transport, and event coverage. Comparable as an alternative EMS delivery model in Brazil, though CISLIPA operates publicly under the SUS framework.

Broad incumbents

• American Medical Response (AMR): One of the largest private EMS providers in the United States. Comparable as a high-volume ambulance and pre-hospital care operator; useful as a benchmark for what scaled private EMS operations look like versus CISLIPA's public-consortium model.
• Falck A/S: Global ambulance and emergency services operator with significant presence in Latin America. Comparable as a large-scale EMS provider, illustrating the scale CISLIPA's regional model could not reach as a public consortium.
• SAMU 192 (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência): The national Brazilian emergency mobile care program under which CISLIPA operates. SAMU 192 is the umbrella federal program, and CISLIPA is one of many regional operators implementing its standards, protocols, and tripartite funding logic.

Regional players

• SAMU 192 São Paulo: Regional SAMU operator covering the São Paulo metropolitan area with a much larger fleet and call volume. Comparable as a state-level public EMS operator under the SAMU 192 framework, though at substantially greater scale.
• SAMU 192 Belo Horizonte: Regional SAMU operator serving Belo Horizonte and surrounding municipalities in Minas Gerais. Comparable in being a publicly funded regional EMS operator with physician-led medical regulation, but serving a larger urban population.

Direct peers

• CIOMS (Consórcio Intermunicipal de Saúde do Oeste do Paraná): Paraná-based intermunicipal health consortium operating in western Paraná. Shares the same state (Paraná) regulatory environment, tripartite funding logic, and public-consortium legal structure as CISLIPA.
• CISVALE (Consórcio Intermunicipal de Saúde do Vale do Ribeira): Intermunicipal health consortium serving the Vale do Ribeira region, with analogous coastal/regional characteristics to the Litoral do Paraná. Closely mirrors CISLIPA's consortium legal form and emergency-service mandate.
• CISLESTE (Consórcio Intermunicipal de Saúde do Leste de Minas): Brazilian intermunicipal public health consortium organizing regional health services across municipalities in eastern Minas Gerais. Directly comparable governance, funding, and service-coordination model to CISLIPA.
• CISURGE (Consórcio Intermunicipal de Saúde para Gestão da Rede de Urgência e Emergência): Brazilian intermunicipal consortium specifically dedicated to urgency and emergency network management. Directly comparable in mandate — regional coordination of emergency services across multiple municipalities via a consortium structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/cislipa_litoralpr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cislipa

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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