Michoacán health plan IMSS hospital expansion, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico City, Mexico): Zoé Robledo, Director General of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), reported the institution’s progress under the Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice, a strategy aimed at strengthening medical care, disease prevention, hospital infrastructure and the well-being of families in Michoacán.
Speaking at a press conference led by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, Robledo said prevention is a central priority in Michoacán, where more than 2.5 million vaccines have been administered through a permanent strategy across eight vaccination megacenters.
Robledo said the Health Fairs have delivered more than 502,000 medical consultations, including nearly 23,000 mammograms. In mental health, he said more than 34,000 people have taken part in addiction and suicide prevention activities supported by 23 municipal committees.
He also highlighted extraordinary medical care campaigns that have performed 3,266 cataract surgeries, allowing thousands of people to recover their sight.
According to Robledo, 1,891 functional devices, including canes, wheelchairs and walkers, have been delivered, along with 997 hearing aids. Under the Vive Saludable, Vive Feliz strategy, 2,218 pairs of glasses have been distributed to children.
As part of the plan, the IMSS is building two new hospitals. One in Villas del Pedregal, Morelia, will have 260 beds, and the Ministry of Health has purchased its major medical equipment.
The hospital in Zitácuaro is 35 percent complete, its structure is finished, and a CT scanner is expected to arrive in mid-December, with construction scheduled to conclude on February 28, 2027, ahead of operations.
Robledo said the rehabilitation of the hospital in Lázaro Cárdenas has been completed, adding a new emergency area, dining room, laundry, storage and intensive care unit. The hospital in Charo has a new emergency area, and the hospital in La Piedad has a new hemodialysis unit with 10 machines.
He also reported that construction has begun on three Child Care and Education Centers (CECI) in Jiquilpan, Tarímbaro and Uruapan, with a total of 650 places. Work will later begin on the Family Medicine Unit in San Juan Nuevo Parangaricutiro and the expansion of services at the new hospital in Uruapan.
