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IMSS, Michoacán Set March Start for 260-Bed Specialty Hospital in Villas del Pedregal

The project anchors a federal–state expansion plan with a national health credentialization drive set to begin next month.

Overview

  • Authorities confirmed a March groundbreaking and installed a citizen oversight committee, with investment exceeding 4 billion pesos under the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia.
  • The hospital is planned on a six-hectare site with 260 censable beds and an estimated workforce of about 2,500.
  • IMSS outlined nine operating rooms, 54 specialties and advanced services spanning oncology, cardiology, hemodialysis, imaging and intensive care.
  • Within the Plan Michoacán, IMSS reports 41 actions in the state, including strengthening facilities in Uruapan and rehabilitating the hospital in Lázaro Cárdenas.
  • Nationally, the government will begin a February–March credentialization to unify access across IMSS, ISSSTE and IMSS-Bienestar, and IMSS plans six additional hospital openings in the next six months adding 1,484 beds.