Overview
- The new Centro de Urgencias and Centro de Innovación Quirúrgica at Hospital General de Xoco was inaugurated on June 17, 2026 with President Claudia Sheinbaum in attendance.
- IMSS Bienestar says the facility includes Latin America’s first mobile intraoperative CT, ceiling‑mounted digital X‑rays, AI‑assisted microscopes, robotic surgery and a smart operating room linked to a teaching space.
- Officials report the mobile CT can produce surgical images in about three minutes so surgeons can make near‑real‑time decisions without moving the patient from the operating table.
- The emergency remodel raised bed capacity from 21 to 27, added two shock‑zone beds, and targets Xoco’s high trauma caseload of roughly 44,000 patients a year with over 60% arriving with severe injuries.
- IMSS presents Xoco as the model for a national rollout with similar units planned this year for hospitals in Cárdenas and Cancún and further projects in Mexico City and other sites to extend advanced diagnostics into the public system.