Overview

• The Sept. 10 gas tanker blast under the La Concordia bridge in Iztapalapa has left at least 13 people dead and many others hospitalized with severe burns, according to RÉCORD.
• The Secretaría de Salud says the Banco de Piel y Tejidos at the National Rehabilitation Institute can process human skin for distribution to hospitals treating severe burn injuries.
• INR specialist Dr. Francisco Martínez Flores explains that donated skin acts as a temporary biological covering that accelerates healing, reduces pain, helps maintain body temperature and lowers infection risk.
• Skin donation in Mexico is carried out through certified hospital procurement programs under CENATRA oversight, with family authorization for deceased donors and any living donation subject to strict medical clearance.
• Evelyn and Salma, acquaintances of Wendy Guevara, publicly offered Salma’s excess skin for grafts, but physicians provided conflicting assessments and any action would need approval through authorized tissue banks.