Overview
- Health authorities first detected a sudden cluster of gastrointestinal illness linked to the Hospital General de México residents' cafeteria on August 31, and 135 medical residents reported symptoms with 41 hospitalized for observation.
- Laboratory analyses have confirmed Salmonella spp. in patient samples and identified enterotoxigenic E. coli coinfection in two cases.
- The Órgano Interno de Control opened an administrative investigation on September 3 to examine possible responsibility of hospital staff and the subcontracted company that runs the cafeteria.
- Investigators carried out an on‑site verification on September 4 to collect documents and testimonies and to inspect food reception, storage, preparation and distribution practices; the residents' cafeteria has been closed since September 1.
- The Secretary of Health has ordered the Dirección General de Epidemiología, Cofepris and major public health institutions to carry out urgent food‑service inspections while laboratory tests and the administrative file remain under integration and no final determination of cause or culpability has been made.