Overview
- IMSS chief Zoé Robledo detailed 41 health actions in 23 municipalities worth nearly 12 billion pesos, including a full renovation of Lázaro Cárdenas’ IMSS hospital and a new regional hospital in Morelia’s Villas del Pedregal.
- Works in Lázaro Cárdenas include 660 million pesos for hospital upgrades, a new Family Medicine unit with diagnostics and 24/7 urgent care, expanded childcare, and an IMSS Pilares community center.
- Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla reported that the Gertrudis Bocanegra university transport scholarship has surpassed 50,000 beneficiaries statewide.
- Infrastructure secretary Jesús Esteva said the Siglo XXI highway will begin widening to four lanes between Nueva Italia and Lázaro Cárdenas this week, with the Pátzcuaro–Uruapan segment set for inauguration in the coming weeks and completion targeted for December 2026.
- Bienestar secretary Ariadna Montiel said more than 1.326 million Michoacanos receive social programs, with over 40 billion pesos budgeted for the state in 2026, as President Sheinbaum cited a 40% national drop in intentional homicides since her term began.