Overview
- Workers and retired personnel have held protests this week, with mobilizations reported in about a dozen states and major gatherings in Chihuahua and Veracruz that targeted hospitals and union offices.
- IMSS director Zoé Robledo acknowledged a 94 percent prescription fill rate, saying roughly 6 percent of daily prescriptions go partially unfilled and urging users to report missing medicines at recetacompleta.gob.mx for a promised 36‑hour response.
- The institute says core services such as emergency care, hospitalizations, births and hemodialysis remain operating nationally, though local outlets and patients have reported suspended consultations and cancelled appointments in places like Guadalajara.
- The Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Seguro Social approved the 6.8 percent package at its Congress, but dissidents contest the Congress’ legitimacy and a CFCRL‑overseen membership consultation on Oct. 14 will let rank‑and‑file workers accept or reject the deal.
- IMSS stresses it added about 109,000 staff since 2019 and expanded hospitals and specialty capacity, yet officials warn that demographic and chronic‑disease pressures keep services strained and that a rejected vote or deeper strikes could force more local cancellations and longer waits for patients.