Patients miss more than 11 thousand appointments and damage to public coffers amounts to R$ 2.2 million in Divinópolis
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Missed medical appointments Divinópolis City Hall/ Disclosure A survey by the Municipal Health Department (Semusa) of Divinópolis showed that in the first four months of 2026, more than 11 thousand medical appointments were missed due to patients not showing up.
Missed medical appointments
Divinópolis City Hall/ Disclosure
A survey by the Municipal Health Department (Semusa) of Divinópolis showed that in the first four months of 2026, more than 11 thousand medical appointments were missed due to patients not showing up. In addition to overloading the system, the absences caused a loss of R$2,260,735.58 to the public coffers.
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Check out the numbers by sector between January and April:
Missed medical appointments: 11,483 absences in total.
Primary Care: of the 106,917 services offered, 8,486 were lost (7.9%).
Specialized Care: of the 31,341 scheduled appointments, 2,997 patients did not attend (8.87%).
Dentistry (Primary Care): there were 4,272 absences in 25,845 scheduled appointments.
In addition to medical and dental appointments, appointments with other professionals — such as psychologists, physiotherapists, nurses and nutritionists — also recorded an absence rate that varied between 8.3% and 9.2%.
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