Overview
- Rank-and-file IMSS employees launched a partial national strike and coordinated protests that spread to Mexico City, Estado de México, Morelos and Yucatán, closing clinics and blocking major thoroughfares.
- The mobilization grew from a confrontation at the union headquarters earlier in October and intensified Thursday night when workers left a Segob negotiation and moved to block Paseo de la Reforma and other routes.
- Protesters demand a direct 10% salary increase, reliable supplies of medicines and equipment, hiring to fill vacant posts, review of pensions rules and removal of SNTSS leader Rafael Olivos Hernández.
- Segob and the SNTSS say talks are ongoing, deny any detentions, and the union has scheduled a national consultation for October 14 while some factions continue local blockades and clinic closures.
- Staff and local reports warn patient care is already affected, with long ER waits and heavy caseloads for doctors, and continued stoppages could prolong service disruptions and strain public hospitals.