“We continue working at ground level, because this is the only way to know first-hand the conditions in which the offices, clinics and medical units are operating, which is essential to provide the necessary tools and improve the service,” said the general director. of the Institute of Security and Social Services of State Workers (ISSSTE), Pedro Zenteno Santaella, when visiting the Family Medicine Units (UMF) of Cuautitlán and Nicolás Romero.
He added that ISSSTE is an organization of contrasts, from hospitals that have state-of-the-art technology to units with one or two offices, such as those in Cuautitlán and Nicolás Romero. In this context, the tours that began on December 8, 2021 have served to directly learn about their needs and requirements, in order to equip them with sufficient accessories so that the beneficiaries receive first-class care.
In the State of Mexico, we have covered 131 units out of a total of 133. 139,518 pieces of medical equipment, furniture, uniforms, hospital and operating room clothing have been delivered, so that the three levels of care have everything they need. necessary to guarantee the human right to health, as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has instructed, reported the director of ISSSTE.
During the third day of the tour of the Mexican entity, the general director visited the Cuautitlán UMF, which provides 30 daily consultations in one shift through two offices that received static and rotating chairs as part of the equipment that is carried out at Nacional level.
After talking with beneficiaries and medical personnel, he promised to carry out the work on the perimeter fence, change of floors and waterproofing, actions that will be resolved immediately.
At the Nicolás Romero UMF, where care is provided to 10,200 beneficiaries in two shifts, he instructed to contact the municipal government to find a space that could be donated to the institute to relocate the medical unit, with the aim of improving the attention to the affiliated families, since the property where it is currently located is rented.
“We will continue visiting the medical units, because that is where the problems that must be solved to put them in optimal conditions are found. This has allowed us to improve the first level of care for the benefit of the more than 13.6 million beneficiaries that ISSSTE has in the country.”