HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE LVT
Unidade Local de Saúde de Santa Maria.
Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)
41.4% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.
Position 9 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Up 0.8 points on the previous month.
The TMRG is the legally guaranteed maximum response time for scheduled surgery. The share measures wait-listed patients already past it.
41.4
31.3
31.9
30.9
31.9
32.7
32.6
33.7
37.2
37.3
38
38.8
40.6
41.4
5,801 of 13,999 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.