Overview
- The Secretaría de Salud confirmed after a Tuesday inventory review that 18.4 million expired pieces were found at Hospital Infantil de México, with an estimated value of about 121 million pesos.
- The expired items include a wide range of products such as chemotherapy drugs, hemophilia treatments, transplant medicines, medical devices and wound-care materials.
- The Secretaría de Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno is leading an administrative investigation to determine how the supplies accumulated over multiple years and to identify responsible parties, but authorities are withholding names while inquiries continue.
- Reporting shows some stock was stored in a private warehouse in Estado de México between 2020 and 2024, and officials say cumbersome 'baja' decommissioning procedures helped delay disposal.
- The discovery heightens concern after prior parental complaints about pediatric drug shortages and could prompt audits of inventory practices and faster decommissioning rules to reduce risks to patients.