SIGIC
Published 8 November 2026, 22:29
SIGIC — Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Inscritos para Cirurgia (system for managing the surgery waiting list)
The SNS system that manages the waiting list for planned operations. If a hospital cannot operate within the set time limit, SIGIC issues the patient a voucher (vale cirurgia) for another hospital, which may be a private one under contract with the SNS.
Where you come across it. Hospital letters about being put on the waiting list for an operation; news about SNS waiting lists.
From 2027 it is due to be replaced by a new system, SINACC.