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IMSS Marks 83rd Anniversary, Touts Expansion in Capacity and Coverage

Leaders present the gains as proof of a renewed social security mission.

Overview

  • At a headquarters ceremony, Director Zoé Robledo said the institute is in one of its most significant periods of growth in infrastructure, personnel and social coverage.
  • He reported more than 5,000 new hospital beds since 2019, compared with roughly 4,300 added in the prior 36 years, with a projection to double the recent increase by 2030.
  • Robledo said IMSS now serves nearly 400,000 independent workers, seasonal agricultural workers and families of Mexicans employed in the United States.
  • The institute is advancing direct-provision Centers for Education and Childcare and introducing technological innovations in medical services.
  • Union leader Rafael Olivos emphasized progress toward health universalization and urged continued strengthening of the institution.