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Sheinbaum Opens Rebuilt IMSS Hospital in Iztapalapa as Mexico Sets Health Credential Rollout

The federal plan pairs new facilities with a health credential to unify patient records across public providers.

Overview

  • The Hospital General Regional No. 25 in Iztapalapa reopened after a 2,435 million‑peso rebuild with 376 beds, 40 specialty consult rooms and six operating rooms, serving about 500,000 beneficiaries.
  • In its first 53 days of operation, the hospital logged 1,228 discharges, 271 surgeries, over 10,000 specialty consults and thousands of diagnostic studies, indicating rapid integration into regional care.
  • Between mid‑February and March, the government will begin issuing a national health credential to enable shared records and access across IMSS, ISSSTE and IMSS‑Bienestar, with universal services targeted for 2030.
  • IMSS plans six additional hospital inaugurations within six months adding 1,484 beds nationwide, with upcoming openings cited in Campeche, Sonora, Hidalgo, Yucatán and Guanajuato.
  • Construction of a new IMSS specialties hospital in Villas del Pedregal, Michoacán, is slated to start in March with investment above 4 billion pesos for 260 censable beds and nine operating rooms, overseen by a sworn Citizen Committee.