Overview

• President Claudia Sheinbaum and Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla inaugurated the IMSS‑Bienestar hospital in Maruata on October 1 via a live link from the National Palace.
• The federal government invested more than 330 million pesos to build the site, which is intended to serve roughly 50,000 people, most of them indigenous.
• The hospital offers 15 consultation rooms, operating theaters, an emergency area, X‑ray, a laboratory, and a pharmacy reported as stocked above 95%.
• Initial staffing includes 55 nurses, three radiologists, two dentists, and 11 Cuban specialist physicians across fields such as surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, geriatrics, traumatology, anesthesiology, immunology, family medicine, and internal medicine.
• Authorities said the complex will ultimately employ 392 health professionals and noted it replaces a facility affected by the September 2022 earthquake.