Visits and Surgeries at Mexico’s Public Hospitals Are Up as Much as 60% in Two Years
Officials credit a shift from private care to the public system: 32 new hospitals and the 2023 IMSS Bienestar network now serving 56 million across 24 states.
Public Health
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People’s Mañanera August 18
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on public health, IMSS-Bienestar, healthcare access, sovereignty, and disinformation.
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“There Would Be No Freedom, Well-Being, or Rights Without Sovereignty,” Sheinbaum Says from Tamaulipas
Inaugurating an IMSS-Bienestar hospital in Tamaulipas, Sheinbaum cast health, education, and housing as rights “and not commodities,” inseparable from Mexico’s sovereignty.
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People’s Mañanera August 3
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on a new health city in Oaxaca, student stipends, regulating cell phones in schools, Channel 11, and dialogue with teachers.
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City of Health in San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Oaxaca, Will Be an Example for the World, Says Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum broke ground on a new IMSS hospital in a three-institute health complex, contrasting its 530 beds with the 4,000 built in 36 neoliberal years.
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People’s Mañanera July 21
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on new hospitals, the World Cup, migrant protection, youth crime prevention, and U.S. security cooperation.
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Sheinbaum Says the 152 Hospital Projects Planned for the Six-Year Term Advance, with an Investment of 181 Billion Pesos
Of the 152 projects, 50 are brand-new hospitals; the plan adds 13,300 census beds by 2030, more than triple the neoliberal era’s 4,300.
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Up for Global Tender, Mexico’s Purchase of 3.536 Billion Medicines
Eight federal agencies will jointly buy generic, cancer, and anti-infective drugs for 2027-2028, with deliveries slated to begin in January 2027.
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One Million Older Adults Already Have Their Credential for the Universal Health System: Sheinbaum
Ahead of a 2027 launch integrating IMSS, ISSSTE and IMSS Bienestar, Sheinbaum also cited student obesity, dental and vision screenings under Vida Saludable.
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People’s Mañanera June 30
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the USMCA, public healthcare, trust in government, public funds, migrants, and the fertilizer plant.
