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ISSSTE Opens New CDMX Emergency Unit as IMSS Begins First-Phase Care at Guanajuato Hospital

The upgrades prioritize faster access via targeted investment with staged rollouts.

Overview

  • ISSSTE inaugurated an adult emergency area at Hospital General “Dr. Fernando Quiroz Gutiérrez” in Álvaro Obregón, putting a 16‑bed unit into service with two resuscitation rooms and isolation capacity.
  • The ISSSTE facility includes vital‑sign monitors, medical gas panels, crash carts and defibrillators, and officials said it will serve about 197,745 beneficiaries.
  • Authorities cited an investment of roughly 59.6–60 million pesos for the ISSSTE project, which was presented during the federal morning briefing and reported as operational.
  • Internal ISSSTE IT sources said the new emergency area is connected to the national electronic clinical record, a reported capability intended to speed decisions in urgent care.
  • IMSS opened the first operational phase of its new 72‑bed HGZ No. 10 in Guanajuato with outpatient care in psychiatry, nephrology, infectiology, oncology and geriatrics, part of a more than 1,100 million‑peso project to serve over 245,000 people, with hospitalization and emergency services to be added progressively.