Politics · Mexico · 2 days ago
Sheinbaum begins IMSS-Bienestar hospital visits amid worker protests
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has begun a tour of hospitals and health centers run by IMSS-Bienestar, the public health system operating in 24 states.
The visits come amid protests by health workers.
Sheinbaum says she will meet hospital directors, regional coordinators and the system’s director to hear about local problems and what facilities need.
She will also listen to workers and patients.
The tour will review efforts to install digital medical records, which some hospitals have struggled to adopt, and the progress of health centers.
It began in Hidalgo and is due to continue in the State of Mexico over the weekend.
Sheinbaum plans to complete the tour by December.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will visit IMSS-Bienestar hospitals and health centres in the 24 states where the system operates.
The visits are intended to assess hospital conditions and hear the concerns and needs of staff.
She will meet hospital directors, regional coordinators and IMSS-Bienestar director general Alejandro Svarch.
The tour begins in Hidalgo and continues in the State of Mexico over the weekend.
Sheinbaum said the tour will run through December and include reviews of medical-record digitisation and clinic installations.
- Who
- President Claudia Sheinbaum will visit hospitals and health centres, meeting with their directors and regional coordinators.
- What
- She will tour IMSS-Bienestar facilities to assess their condition and hear staff concerns and needs.
- When
- The tour starts Friday, October 9, 2026, and is planned to continue through December.
- Where
- The 24 states where IMSS-Bienestar operates, beginning in Hidalgo and continuing in the State of Mexico.
- Why
- To identify problems and what facilities need, and to review progress on digital systems and clinic installations.
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I’m going to visit hospitals, I’m going to visit health centres to listen to them, to see what the problems are, what is missing
I’m going to meet with the directors of all the hospitals and the regional coordinators and the director general of IMSS-Bienestar in the 24 states where IMSS-Bienestar operates.
Sheinbaum announced the tour and said it would begin that day in Hidalgo.
Sheinbaum said she would visit hospitals in the State of Mexico.
Sheinbaum plans to continue the tour and inaugurate several public works.
- States covered
- 24 states where IMSS-Bienestar operates
- First stop
- Hidalgo
- Next stop
- State of Mexico, over the weekend
- Planned duration
- From October through December 2026
- IMSS-Bienestar director general
- Alejandro Svarch
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