The Mexican government presented the registration scheme for the Universal Health Service in Mexico, through which any Mexican can go to receive medical care at IMSS, ISSSTE, or IMSS – Bienestar.
From the National Palace, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo emphasized that all Mexicans must have this document, so she estimates the process will take about a year, since it involves 130 million people.
Likewise, the head of state stressed that the idea of this health strategy is that by the end of her term, any Mexican can be treated for any ailment in any state medical institution: IMSS, ISSSTE, or IMSS – Bienestar.
“What is the advantage of this? To streamline the system, for example, if we have ten or twenty CT scanners in a state, but fifteen belong to IMSS, and IMSS covers half the state and the other half is covered by IMSS – Bienestar, which only has two, obviously there will be saturation,” she commented.
How to process the Universal Health Service credential?
During her “Morning” conference, the Secretary of Welfare, Ariadna Montiel, detailed that the registration will take place from April 13 to 30, and it will only apply to people aged 85 and over.
“We will be informing month by month which age group is to register, so we will start with the elderly, who are the ones who need the most medical attention. The cities where we will start are the capitals of 24 entities of the republic that are part of IMSS – Bienestar,” she indicated.
Therefore, the official detailed that the registration will be carried out in 47 municipalities of the country, including the 16 mayoralty areas of Mexico City, so it is expected to register 2 million older adults through 2,059 modules.
Meanwhile, Ariadna Montiel, Secretary of Welfare, specified that people can locate the information through the official page of the dependency, and the attention hours in the modules will be from Monday to Saturday from 9 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon.
