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Beneva Clinics vs Kambo Wellness Center

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	Beneva Clinics	Kambo Wellness Center
Category	Hospital-based ibogaine treatment under Sao Paulo rules	Luxury multi-psychedelic retreat
Location	São Paulo, Brazil	Bahía de Banderas, Mexico
Setting	Hospital setting (HealingMaps; Forbes Brasil).	Oceanfront luxury retreat; a retreat.guru listing describes a 4-bedroom beachfront condo.
Medical team	Three physicians; medical director Dr. Bruno Rasmussen Chaves, described as having 27 to 28 years of experience and more than 2,000 patients, with a study of 80 patients claiming 70% one-year abstinence; anesthesiologists for ketamine.	No clinician is named on the site. A retreat.guru listing names Dr. Annael Santillán (family medicine) and states an EKG and blood work before treatment.
Screening before treatment	Not stated.	Medical and psychological screening; EKG and blood work (retreat.guru listing).
What is given	Not specified.	Not stated.
Who it is for	Drug addiction (mainly crack and cocaine), depression, suicidal ideation, chronic pain.	PTSD, trauma, grief, burnout, addiction; also psilocybin, MDMA and DMT programs (recovery.com).
Protocol and length of stay	Not stated.	7 days.
After the treatment	Not stated.	"Comprehensive aftercare" and integration.
Published price	Not listed.	recovery.com: $11,997 for 7 days; retreat.guru: $12,396 to $15,495, with "plant medicine not included in payment".
Licences and accreditations stated	Legal basis: ANVISA import with a prescription (2013) and the 2016 São Paulo state decree permitting hospital use under medical supervision (Forbes Brasil).	None stated.
Founded / history	The Rasmussen practice was acquired by Beneva in July 2022; a Novamind partnership was announced in December 2021.	Not stated.
Rating (as shown on the cited page)	Not shown on the pages we checked	4.7 from 46 reviews (recovery.com, 2026-10-20)
Public record	None found.	None found.
Status	Operating. Website blocked to automated reading; HealingMaps listing modified March 2025; Forbes Brasil coverage September 2022.	Operating. Site updated October 2026, phones listed.

From each program's website and the sources on its profile, checked 2026-10-20.

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