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Unidade Local de Saúde do Médio Ave.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

13.9% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 34 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Up 0.1 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 unit13.9
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun9.9
Jul8.8
Aug11.1
Sep12.5
Oct12
Nov11.3
Dec11.8
Jan12.3
Feb10.6
Mar12.5
Apr13.8
May13.9
502 of 3,608 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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