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Sheinbaum Launches 21 Billion-Peso Rollout to Boost IMSS-Bienestar Services

The three-year investment seeks to close critical staffing, equipment, infrastructure gaps uncovered across 24 states

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La Presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum durante su visita a Zacatecas. Foto: Presidencia
Consejo Técnico del IMSS aprueba contratar proyectos para hospitales en Sonora, Guanajuato y Puebla

Overview

  • The government will deploy 21 billion pesos from 2025 to 2027 to modernize IMSS-Bienestar infrastructure
  • Beginning this year, procurement of 3,300 specialty medical devices will address shortages ranging from bed monitors to oncology accelerators
  • Zacatecas will benefit first with 621 million pesos allocated for new equipment and an additional 1.1 billion for hospital construction
  • The plan includes hiring 1,000 medical specialists and 1,900 nurses to close a nationally diagnosed staffing gap of 2,900 personnel
  • Officials are advancing the digitalization of medical records and integrating IMSS, ISSSTE and SSA into a unified public health system