Overview
- Health Secretary David Kershenobich announced the construction start on Jan. 13 during the morning briefing, with the site located by INMEGEN and the National Bioethics Commission in southern Mexico City.
- The facility will house five MRI scanners and three PET-CT systems with daily targets of 100 MRIs and 90 PET studies, operating from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Plans call for a single-story footprint of about 3,565 square meters with 20 preparation rooms, a nursing central, exam and control rooms, and dedicated image-interpretation “blue rooms.”
- A tele-radiology section will enable real-time reads from other states, exemplified by Chiapas, while prioritizing patients from the eight National Institutes in Tlalpan and easing transfers by ambulance.
- The center will serve as a training site in advanced radiology, a companion compounding center is planned for nearby institutes, and officials have not disclosed cost or an opening date.