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Mexico Inaugurates Maruata Community Hospital With 11 Cuban Specialists

The IMSS-Bienestar facility replaces a 2022 quake-damaged building to expand care for about 50,000 coastal residents.

Overview

  • Marking her first year in office, President Claudia Sheinbaum joined by live link as Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla opened the Aquila, Michoacán hospital.
  • The center launched with 56 beds, 15 consultation rooms, operating theaters, an emergency unit, X-ray, a laboratory and a pharmacy stocked above 95 percent.
  • Initial staffing includes 11 Cuban specialist physicians, 55 nurses, three radiologists and two dentists, with a planned workforce of 392 health professionals.
  • Federal authorities reported an investment of roughly 330 million pesos to build the IMSS-Bienestar facility.
  • Residents will, for the first time in Maruata, have on-site specialists in areas including general surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, geriatrics, traumatology, anesthesiology, immunology, family medicine and internal medicine.