- In total, 13,765 places were enabled for the entire national territory.
- The specialties for which more personnel are needed are Internist, 1,753 vacancies; Urgenciology, 1,728; Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1,572; Pediatrics, 1,517; and Anesthesiology, 1,367.
- It is hardly the first day that the registration portal has been enabled and several doctors have reported that the page does not work.
After multiple complaints about the hiring of foreign doctors when there are many unemployed in Mexico, an alternative was offered. At the initiative of the federal government, a massive call for doctors which seeks to combat a double problem. On the one hand, to bring care to rural areas and also offer a livelihood to health professionals.
How many places are available?
With this in mind, the details of this new program were given during the morning conference held at the National Palace. In total they were enabled 13,765 beds throughout the national territory. Of the figure, 5,252 spaces correspond to state health systems of the 15 states where the Health Plan for Well-being is being carried out this year.
It was also announced that this massive call for doctors is to fill vacancies in the IMSS, IMSS-BIENESTAR, ISSSTE, Pemex, INSABI and the National Institutes of Health.
The general director of Social Security, Zoé Robledo, commented that the recruitment is aimed at medical specialists, adhering to the principles of legality, transparency, efficiency, objectivity, quality, impartiality and gender equality.
While there are five specialties where the institutions have the greatest need, they are: Internist, 1,753 vacancies; Urgenciology, 1,728; Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1,572; Pediatrics, 1,517; and Anesthesiology, 1,367.
Steps to follow for registration
Now for To access the massive call for doctors, the only thing that is needed is to access this link. It was said that it will be enabled from this Tuesday, May 24 at 12:00 p.m. and until the last minute of Friday, June 3.
As part of the process, all those interested can apply by type of specialty and place of affiliation. To register, they must complete the information with full name, CURP, RFC, email, password, specialty, identity card and current place of residence.
He added that once this is filled out, the platform generates a user number that arrives by email to the applicants, which must be entered with the username and password. You can enter the rest of the specialty information, current place of residence, personal data and professional license. From this, a successful registration will be made and a new email will be generated with the confirmation folio number.
Publication of results
While on Tuesday, June 7, the results of this call will be presented and invitations will be generated by email for doctors to go to the 32 documentation reception centers that will be installed on June 11, where There will be the institutions that are looking for specialist doctors so that they can start the hiring process.
Doctors report failures in the registry
But although the massive call for doctors It is a good initiative, the first inconsistencies. Various complaints have been filed through social networks regarding the registration platform.
Based on the testimonies, the portal does not allow the entry of data of the interested parties. In addition to the above, when contacting the telephone number that appears on the page to solve doubts, the only answer is that the system is out of service.
It is not possible to register for the call for medical specialists. This msg comes out when trying to create a registration account. When contacting the technical problems number, he replies that it is OUT OF SERVICE. @DraAnaCeci @HLGatell pic.twitter.com/jrrYcIEUSN
— Simone (@Dra_Curie) May 24, 2022
However, there is a possibility that this failure was caused by the high number of interested parties who tried to access from the first day. Although in any case it has already caused the inconvenience of specialists who are looking for a job opportunity.