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ISSSTE Deploys 200 Medical Brigades Across Five States After Heavy Rains

The push centers on vaccination to curb post-disaster disease risk.

Overview

  • Teams are operating in Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí and Querétaro, setting up temporary modules in affected communities such as Poza Rica, Huauchinango and Pinal de Amoles.
  • Services include general consultations, preventive evaluations, wound care, essential medicines, chronic-disease follow-up and referrals, along with distribution of food supplies.
  • Vaccines being administered include tetanus, hepatitis B, influenza and COVID-19, plus routine immunizations for children and pregnant women as part of the 2025–2026 Winter Vaccination Campaign.
  • Assistance is being provided to both registered ISSSTE beneficiaries and people without coverage under a coordinated interagency response.
  • In Mexico City, the Churubusco specialty clinic resumed about 95% of operations after flood cleanup supported by Civil Protection and the city fire department.