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Mexico’s military hospital fills just 56% of prescriptions in 2026
Mexico’s Central Military Hospital filled only 56% of prescriptions in 2026, according to figures from the military health directorate.
The hospital serves soldiers and their families, who are entitled to care through the military health system.
Patients had to buy medicines themselves when prescriptions went unfilled or were incomplete.
Prescription supply there had been between 90% and 98% for decades, but began falling in 2023.
It reached 65.70% in 2023, 63.98% in 2024 and 75.69% in 2025 before dropping to 56.46% in 2026.
The decline contrasts with rising military health spending, which reached 9.437 billion pesos in 2025; 6.922 billion pesos was programmed for 2026, and the final amount could be higher because the budget has been expanded in past years.
The sources do not say what steps will be taken next to improve medicine supplies.
Mexico’s Central Military Hospital filled 56.46% of prescriptions in 2026, according to official figures cited by El Universal.
The shortfall meant patients and their families had to pay for some medicines themselves.
Prescription fulfillment fell from 75.69% in 2025, after declining in 2023 and 2024.
The figures show a sharp contrast with historical fulfillment rates of 90% to 98% in the military health system.
The report said the military health program was allocated 6.922 billion pesos in Mexico’s 2026 budget.
- Who
- The Central Military Hospital and its patients, including soldiers and their families.
- What
- The hospital filled 56.46% of prescriptions in 2026, leaving patients to pay for some medicines.
- When
- In 2026; the report was published on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- The Central Military Hospital in Mexico.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The hospital filled 65.70% of prescriptions.
The prescription fulfillment rate fell to 63.98%.
The rate rose to 75.69%.
The rate fell to 56.46%, according to figures reported by El Universal.
- 2026 fulfillment rate
- 56.46%
- 2025 fulfillment rate
- 75.69%
- 2024 fulfillment rate
- 63.98%
- 2023 fulfillment rate
- 65.70%
- 2026 military health program allocation
- 6.922 billion pesos
Sources
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