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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE DO ALENTEJO

Unidade Local de Saúde do Baixo Alentejo.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

39.1% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 12 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Up 1.8 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.

% BEYOND THE LEGAL WAIT
This unit39.1
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun17.3
Jul15.9
Aug17.5
Sep17.2
Oct17.6
Nov19.5
Dec24.3
Jan27.6
Feb30.6
Mar33.2
Apr37.3
May39.1
882 of 2,258 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2023-06.

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