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Sheinbaum advances security, health, and economic plans

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President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo continues to advance her administration’s priorities in security, healthcare, and economic stability. During her ‘Honestidad y Resultados’ tour, she reported a reduction in violence in Guanajuato, noting daily homicide victims dropped from 12.7 in February 2025 to 3.2 in August 2026. In Morelos, she agreed to a security plan to strengthen state and municipal corporations through increased federal deployment. In the healthcare sector, Sheinbaum has launched a modernization plan for the IMSS, ISSSTE, and IMSS-Bienestar to eliminate bureaucratic hurdles and automate inventory management. To address critical deficiencies, she and IMSS Director Zoé Robledo announced an emergency 120-day program running from late October 2026 through February 2027. This 11,745 million peso initiative aims to perform 31,700 additional surgeries, hire 2,500 specialists, and provide an 8% salary increase for approximately 500,000 workers. The program also includes a 3,140 million peso investment to provide permanent status to 10,939 employees. To ~~prevent year-end delays, IMSS~~ modernize infrastructure, the institute will ~~use a digital mechanism to facilitate~~ also purchase 100 high-tech medical devices and approximately ~~60,000 specialty appointments during November~~ 18,000 new hospital beds and ~~December, alongside a 116.3 million peso investment in emergency services. Regarding medical staffing, Sheinbaum defended~~ stretchers. However, the ~~use of Cuban doctors~~ administration faces immediate challenges. In October 2026, IMSS workers and retirees scheduled large-scale protests in Mexico City, demanding a 10% salary increase rather than the ~~public health system,~~ proposed 6.8%, while calling ~~them ‘indispensable’~~ for underserved regions. She refuted allegations from U.S. Representative María Elvira Salazar that the arrangement constitutes forced labor or violates USMCA agreements, asserting that Cuban personnel receive equitable compensation. Sheinbaum noted that better working conditions and improved supplies. Simultaneously, the ~~government is also expanding national medical residency spots, which increased from 8,333 in 2019 to approximately 18,926~~ Ministry of Health acknowledged persistent medicine shortages caused by ~~2026. Social~~ supplier non-compliance and ~~infrastructure efforts continue across several states. In Michoacán, the administration is rehabilitating~~ illegal drug diversion. To combat this, the ~~Vasco de Quiroga ISSSTE hospital, scheduled~~ government plans to ~~reopen in November 2026,~~ implement digital traceability for high-cost medicines and ~~has delivered 56,500 interest-free microcredits~~ prioritize direct purchases from manufacturers to ~~women.~~ save an estimated 70 billion pesos between 2025 and 2028.

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