Overview
- ISSSTE says the Hospital Regional “Presidente Benito Juárez” has not halted services, with emergency care, intensive care, operating rooms, hospitalization, pharmacy, diagnostics, chemotherapy and hemodialysis functioning.
- Operational metrics include a pharmacy stocked at about 92 percent, more than 4,500 surgeries from January through November, and a hemodialysis service running three continuous shifts covering nearly 24 hours.
- The hospital’s medical director reports emergency department occupancy at roughly 80 percent, indicating routine delivery of priority care.
- Officials describe the demonstrators as roughly 10 to 20 unionized workers seeking the director’s removal; the institute labels some claims political and says dialogue remains open.
- Authorities highlight ongoing rehabilitation of the decades‑old facility and the construction of a new 250‑bed high‑specialty hospital in San Lorenzo Cacaotepec with investment exceeding 3 billion pesos, alongside recent upgrades to primary care units.