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Mexico Reports 14,000 Specialist Hires as ISSSTE Clinic Hits 99.9% Drug Availability

Officials credit reinforced distribution alongside real-time monitoring for sustaining medicine stocks nationwide.

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El director del ISSSTE, Martí Batres Martí Batres Guadarrama, constató que la farmacia de la clínica familiar Iztapalapa II, tiene un abasto de medicamentos del 99.9%, en beneficio de 99 mil derechohabientes
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Overview

  • President Claudia Sheinbaum and health chiefs said more than 14,000 medical specialists were hired across IMSS, ISSSTE and IMSS Bienestar in 2025–2026, including 10,785 at IMSS, 1,295 at ISSSTE and 1,956 at IMSS Bienestar.
  • IMSS Bienestar reported delivering 160 million pieces of medicines through the Rutas de la Salud program, with 115 million in 2025 and 45 million so far in 2026.
  • Oncological drug availability in IMSS Bienestar’s 56 units is reported at 91% to 97%, supported by a system that monitors stocks in real time.
  • ISSSTE’s Iztapalapa II family clinic reports 99.9% availability across 310 medicine keys for roughly 99,000 beneficiaries, with ISSSTE highlighting strengthened CENADI distribution that stores about 50 million pieces.
  • Reports on ‘La Clínica es Nuestra’ funding for Iztapalapa II conflict, with one article citing 1,100,000 pesos and another 100,000 pesos, a discrepancy not resolved in the coverage.