In the State Health Services, SES, it is indicated that in order to reinforce the right to health in families that are satisfied with the number of daughters and sons they have had and increase the participation of men in responsible paternity, The first Vasectomies Day of this year will be held from March 13 to 17.
It is a service that is part of the actions of the Family Planning and Contraception Program, it is a safe and permanent contraceptive method, it can be performed to any man of legal age who requests it, as long as he has received information or advice and has decided submit to the procedure voluntarily.
According to the government of the Mexican Republic, during 2021, more than 40,000 vasectomies were performed in the country, 10,000 more than in 2019, when 30,000 were performed. In 2017, it was indicated that only 2 percent of Mexicans practice this intervention.
They offer them permanently and free of charge. On this occasion, the activity will take place at the Soledad Family Medicine Unit (UMF), from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This permanent family planning method, which takes just a few minutes and has no impact on sexual activity, is a simple, quick surgical procedure, and you can go home the same day.