Politics · Mexico · 5 hrs ago
Sheinbaum makes surprise visits to health centres in Yucatán
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is making surprise visits to health centres in Yucatán to hear directly from patients and staff.
She says she does not tell local officials in advance because facilities may be fixed up before a planned visit.
People have told her about medicine shortages, delayed appointments and other gaps in care, including during her trips around the country.
She said some shortages involve specialist medicines, while other medicines should be available because they have already been purchased.
Sheinbaum has formed a team to modernise health system processes and remove bureaucratic steps that can delay medicine supplies.
The team is intended to include patients and medical staff, alongside officials responsible for health services and administration.
She said the changes will cover IMSS, IMSS-Bienestar and ISSSTE, while she continues regular meetings with her health cabinet and visits facilities.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said she is making surprise visits to health centres in Yucatán to hear about problems directly.
She said she does not tell local officials which centres she will visit because staff may fix or improve them in advance.
She cited complaints about medicine shortages and waits of two or three months for some operations.
She said she has formed a team to modernise health-system processes and remove bureaucratic barriers to medicine supply.
She said the team will include patients and medical staff and cover IMSS, IMSS-Bienestar and ISSSTE.
- Who
- Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico.
- What
- She is making surprise visits to health centres and has formed a team to modernise health-system processes.
- When
- She described the visits on October 17, 2026.
- Where
- Yucatán, Mexico.
- Why
- To hear patients’ and health workers’ concerns directly and address medicine shortages and bureaucratic delays.
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She heard complaints about missing medicines and long waits for some operations.
She described making surprise visits to health centres in Yucatán.
She said she had formed a team to modernise health-system processes.
- Location
- Yucatán, Mexico
- Visit date
- October 17, 2026
- Reported wait for some operations
- Two or three months
- Health institutions covered by modernisation work
- IMSS, IMSS-Bienestar and ISSSTE
What people are saying
when they say: ‘the president is coming,’ they fix everything, paint it, make it look nice. So now I don’t tell anyone which health centre I’m going to