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IMSS Bienestar Starts Hospital Medicine Deliveries After Shipping 10,497 Clinic Kits

The new logistics scheme promises monthly resupply tailored to each site, though early kits were partial and excluded insulin that requires refrigeration.

Overview

  • IMSS Bienestar reports delivering 10,497 preassembled kits to 8,061 primary-care units across 23 states via 1,006 routes using a dedicated fleet.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said the first-level phase is complete and that hospital supply runs have begun under the Rutas de la Salud program.
  • Clinician accounts say the initial kits included 78 of the 147 basic-drug keys and did not carry insulin that needs a cold chain.
  • Officials state the kits will be provided monthly and calibrated to each facility’s size and demand as ordering and inventory systems are digitized.
  • Regional data point to uneven coverage: Oaxaca reported roughly 80% supply across first- and second-level care, with shortfalls persisting in some hospitals and oncology medicines.