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IMSS Installs Mammography Unit at CFE Headquarters to Kick Off October Workplace Screening Push

The initiative sets a nationwide goal of 150,000 mammograms this month through PrevenIMSS en Empresas.

El IMSS instaló un mastógrafo a la entrada de las oficinas nacionales de la CFE para que las trabajadoras puedan revisar su salud, en el marco del evento: "Energía que protege vidas”, y hacer conciencia sobre la importancia de hacer chequeos médicos
Personal del IMSS atiende a una mujer en un mastógrafo

Overview

  • The on-site scanner at CFE’s national offices in Mexico City will provide breast cancer screening for female employees.
  • IMSS says it has more than 300 mammography units nationwide and will deploy mobile mastographs to workplace sites.
  • The PrevenIMSS en Empresas plan includes installing clinical breast-exam modules and offering self-exam training inside companies.
  • CFE director Emilia Esther Calleja Alor attended the “Energía que protege vidas” event with IMSS specialists and representatives of the SUTERM union.
  • IMSS speakers cited over 30,000 annual diagnoses and more than 7,000 deaths in Mexico and urged monthly self-exams and annual PrevenIMSS checkups.