Overview

• The suspension is nationwide, with exceptions for certain government-defined health regions.
• The halted notice had planned 5,700 new seats over ten years tied to the Mais Médicos program.
• MEC cites more than 360 judicial rulings from 2018 to 2022 that could yield about 60,000 new vacancies, disrupting federal planning.
• The review will examine effects on SUS infrastructure and the availability of clinical training fields in partnership with the Health Ministry.
• The ministry will also assess expansions authorized by state and district regulators outside federal guidelines and reconsider city eligibility criteria such as doctor density and hospital capacity.