President Claudia Sheinbaum heads the start of the work of the IMSS General Hospital in Yecapixtla, Morelos / @Claudiashein @GobiernoMX >>>
#GobiernoDeMéxico.- President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo headed the start of the work for the construction of the General Hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) of Yecapixtla, in the state of Morelos, with the aim of increasing the hospital care capacity in this entity.
«Morelos is one of the states that requires more hospital attention and therefore, the decision to make an IMSS hospital, just here in Yecapixtla, to be able to attend the IMSS beneficiaries,» he said.
He explained that his government has as its goal the construction of seven hospitals in different parts of the country, with the support of the military engineers of the Ministry of National Defense, to whom he thanked their support in strategic works such as the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) or a part of the Mayan train.
He recalled that in the neoliberal period it was sought to privatize health services through subrogations that affected the quality of the service and made it more expensive, added to the corruption of these governments, so that the fourth transformation recovers the value of the public and guarantees access to health as a right.
«We are convinced that we can be very efficient, honest, of course, honest of course, but we have to recover the public, and in particular in health, because health is a right of the people of Mexico, it is not a privilege nor is it a merchandise,» he added.
He explained that the objective of his government is to have a health system that provides universal care between the right -holders of the IMSS, of the Welfare IMS and the Institute of Social Security and Services of the State Workers (ISSSTE) so that all have access to health in the nearest unit regardless of what institution they are right.
The hospital that began its construction this day in Yecapixtla, through an investment of 2,846 million pesos (MDP), will have 90 beds and grant attention in 30 medical specialties.
The Secretary of Health, David Kershenobich Stallnikowitz, said that the construction of a new National Public Health System requires the collaboration of all government components, as is the case with healthy life prevention programs or Health Casa per house.
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