# IMSS hospital expansion in Mexico > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/imss-hospital-expansion-in-mexico > Updated: 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z. Sources: 28. Developments: 2. In late July 2026 the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) completed Hospital General de Zona No. 10 in Guanajuato, a 120‑bed second‑level facility with intensive‑care units, operating rooms and an emergency department. The hospital is part of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s program to build 21 new IMSS hospitals and will serve more than 245,000 beneficiaries in the state and surrounding municipalities. A few days later IMSS announced a new Hospital General de Subzona in Chicoloapan, slated to open in January 2027 under the Plan Oriente initiative. The 57‑bed facility will offer ten medical specialties to over 107,000 residents, aiming to relieve pressure on existing regional centers in the eastern State of Mexico. In early August 2026 President Sheinbaum and Oaxaca Governor Salomón Jara Cruz inaugurated construction of the Hospital General Regional of IMSS in San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, the centerpiece of the Ciudad Salud “Ñuu Tata” complex. The site will house 530 beds (260 censable, 270 non‑censable), 53 consultorios, 57 specialties and up to 12 operating rooms, staffed by 2,826 health workers, and is expected to serve more than one million Oaxacans and up to four million people from neighboring states. On 2 August 2026 Sheinbaum officially launched the construction phase, confirming the inclusion of nine operating rooms and highlighting the parallel delivery of 412 INFONAVIT homes in Huajuapan as part of a broader 1.2‑million‑home housing programme. The integrated complex also includes an ISSSTE regional hospital (62 % complete) and a new IMSS Bienestar hospital, reinforcing the administration’s goal of adding 9,000 hospital beds nationwide and expanding a unified universal‑health network. ## Claims - Construction of the Hospital General Regional IMSS Oaxaca began with a ceremony led by President Claudia Sheinbaum. (corroborated by 18 sources) - Sheinbaum’s administration plans to add 9,000 new hospital beds nationwide during its term. (corroborated by 17 sources) - A new IMSS Bienestar hospital with 160 beds will be built as part of Ciudad Salud. (corroborated by 17 sources) - The ISSSTE Regional Hospital of Alta Especialidad is 62 % complete, will have 508 beds, and a 3.5‑billion‑peso investment. (corroborated by 15 sources) - The IMSS hospital will have 530 beds, of which 260 are censable and 270 are non‑censable. (corroborated by 14 sources) - The Ciudad Salud project integrates hospitals of the IMSS, ISSSTE and IMSS Bienestar into a single health complex. (corroborated by 14 sources) - The construction of the IMSS hospital is being carried out by engineers from the Mexican military (Secretariat of Defense). (corroborated by 14 sources) - More than two million older adults have been credentialized for the universal health‑service model. (corroborated by 14 sources) - The IMSS hospital is expected to serve more than one million people in Oaxaca and patients from Puebla, Veracruz and Chiapas. (corroborated by 10 sources) - The total investment for the three Ciudad Salud hospitals is about 10 billion pesos. (corroborated by 10 sources) ## Timeline ### 2026-08-02: Claudia Sheinbaum launches Oaxaca's Ciudad Salud health complex Sheinbaum inaugurated Oaxaca’s Ciudad Salud project, a new IMSS hospital with 530 beds, ISSSTE and IMSS Bienestar facilities, to serve over a million locals and millions regionally, while also delivering 412 IN 26 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/chicoloapan-hospital-general-de-subzona-to-open-jan-2027-under-mexicos-plan-oriente ### 2026-07-28: IMSS Opens New Hospital General de Zona No.10 in Guanajuato IMSS has opened a new General Hospital in Guanajuato serving 245,000 beneficiaries, while the state health system topped national rankings for diabetes and hypertension care, serving over 203,000 chronic‑diseae 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/imss-opens-new-hospital-general-de-zona-no10-in-guanajuato --- Cite as: IMSS hospital expansion in Mexico. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/imss-hospital-expansion-in-mexico