- An ISSSTE hospital is listed among the best not only in Mexico but in all of Latin America.
- It is listed as the best-equipped hospital in the country for primary diagnosis and the sixth best for receiving patients.
- It stands out because it is strengthened with state-of-the-art technology equipment: a 128-slice tomograph, two new X-ray rooms, one for mammography, and an MRI.
When talking about health, you can never skimp on resources because it is never an expense but an investment. In addition, the results benefit entire communities and are the basis for improving the quality of life. With this in mind, a hospital of the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) achieved a historic feat because it is considered among the best not only in the country but in all of Latin America.
More than 60 years at the service of Mexican public health
First of all it is necessary to remember that in 1959 the decree was published with which the ISSSTE. One of the objectives was to be a complement to the IMSS but now focused on federal and state government workers.
Since then it has achieved quite a noticeable evolution. To date it has little more than 13 million beneficiaries.
For the third consecutive year, the Regional Hospital “Gr. Ignacio Zaragoza” from CDMX was recognized as one of the best in Mexico and Latin America, according to the HospiRank study. It is a work carried out by the company Global Health Intelligenceleader in market research in the field of health in Latin America.
“We are very happy with this recognition. It is a source of pride for all the health and administrative professionals who work in this hospital to be classified among the best in the country and the region. But, above all, that this translates into providing quality care to our beneficiaries, who are the center of all the discussion,” said Dr. Carlos de Jesús López Morales, who is director of the hospital.
Based on the above, this 2023 the hospital was distinguished with the fourth place in the list of the best equipped for primary diagnosis and with the sixth place in those with the greatest capacity to receive patients nationwide.
Hospital characteristics
For its part, it is worth remembering that this hospital has 645 beds, of which 365 are censusable. It also has new generation equipment such as a 128 slice tomograph which is in the process of being installed and a magnetic resonator, to which one more will be added that is yet to come. It also has two rooms and new X-ray equipment; a recently created mammography room, fully equipped.
These additions are added to what already exists and benefit more than two million 850 thousand beneficiaries who make use of the facilities, coming from the ISSSTE representations in Tlaxcala, part of Puebla, Chiapas, and the east of Mexico City and the Valley. from Mexico.
On the other hand, the Regional Hospital “Gr. Ignacio Zaragoza” It also stands out because it has the ISO 9001:2015 quality certification. This is one of the highest standards that any workplace can access.
While other services with certifications or recertifications in force for years in this hospital are: blood laboratory, radiology and imaging, food and dietetics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, palliative care and pathological anatomy.
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