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Mexico faces IMSS labor protests and medicine shortages
The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) is facing significant operational challenges, including a large-scale labor protest scheduled for October 21 in Mexico City. Workers, including active staff and retirees, are demanding a 10% salary increase, rejecting a 6.8% proposal, and calling for better working conditions, more medical staff, and improved medicine supplies. Protests and sit-ins have already been reported in areas such as Toluca and Metepec.
Simultaneously, the Ministry of Health has acknowledged persistent medicine shortages. Officials attributed the deficit to supplier non-compliance, procurement errors, and the illegal diversion of drugs from public hospitals. To combat this, the government plans to implement digital traceability for high-cost medicines and use visible labeling on packaging to prevent illegal sales. The administration aims to save approximately 70 billion pesos in medicine procurement between 2025 and 2028 by prioritizing direct purchases from manufacturers and excluding non-compliant suppliers from future contracts.
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Claudia Sheinbaum · Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo · Eduardo Clark · Eduardo Clark García Dobarganes · IMSS · Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · Mexico · Mexico City · Ministry of Health · Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público · Secretaría de Salud · Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Seguro Social
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- [● 2 SOURCES] Leigue Cesari argued that the debate on euthanasia should follow the resolution of healthcare deficiencies.
- [● 2 SOURCES] René Leigue Cesari noted a lack of medication and long hospital queues in Bolivia.
- [● 2 SOURCES] Bolivian health officials and citizens report shortages of medication and hospital beds. nuevapresencia.com
- [● 5 SOURCES] The medical protest in Honduras has lasted more than 40 days. hch.tv · confidencialhn.com · www.tunota.com
- [● 4 SOURCES] Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez criticized the medical assemblies in Honduras, calling them 'inhuman'. hch.tv · confidencialhn.com · www.tunota.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] The Honduran Ministry of Health (Sesal) committed to paying 100% of outstanding medical salaries. elmundo.hn · www.hondudiario.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The Honduran government claims to have paid nearly 100% of permanent doctors' salaries. confidencialhn.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] The Honduran Ministry of Health plans to increase daily surgeries at Hospital Escuela to 120. elmundo.hn · www.hondudiario.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] IMSS workers in Mexico are protesting for a 10% salary increase. politica.expansion.mx
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The medical strike in Honduras has resulted in the rescheduling of over 40,000 medical appointments.
- [● 2 SOURCES] Argentina's Remediar Program has seen a reduction in the variety of essential medicines provided.
- [● 3 SOURCES] The Honduran Secretary of Health committed to paying 100% of outstanding medical salaries. elmundo.hn · www.hondudiario.com