Promote breast cancer detection

Promote breast cancer detection

The Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) held a health fair in which 390 workers of the institute received orientation on the early diagnosis of breast and cervical cancer, and appointments for taking mammography and referrals to pap smears. As a result, 385 detections of arterial hypertension, type two diabetes mellitus and blood cholesterol were … Read more

Attend the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Day – El Sudcaliforniano

Attend the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Day – El Sudcaliforniano

La Paz, Baja California Sur, (OEM-Informex) .- In order to detect in a timely manner and provide adequate treatment, the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Baja California Sur will carry out a session of mammograms and detection cervical cancer. The Medical Assistant Coordinator in Public Health, Diana Erika Gómez Campos, pointed out that … Read more

Even with Covid-19, mothers must breastfeed their babies – El Sol de la Laguna

Even with Covid-19, mothers must breastfeed their babies – El Sol de la Laguna

Torreón, Coahuila. – Because it is something that offers multiple benefits in favor of the health and healthy development of newborns, it is important that the practice of breastfeeding is always privileged, even in the cases of women who have eventually been infected with Covid- 19. It should be understood that this natural way of … Read more

Recovery of medical services scheduled at IMSS – El Sol de Acapulco advances

Recovery of medical services scheduled at IMSS – El Sol de Acapulco advances

In order to recover the ordinary services in Family Medicine, Specialty and Surgery consultations that were pending due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) implemented the national strategy “100 days to move to IMSS ”, which began on April 1. The goals achieved in the different services have a general … Read more

More than 1,100 people wait for surgery at IMSS – El Sol de Tijuana

More than 1,100 people wait for surgery at IMSS – El Sol de Tijuana

The backlog of surgeries accumulated by the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) exceeded three thousand patients, 14 days after the end of June, delegate Desirée Sagarnaga Durante pointed out that there are 1,100 remaining to be scheduled and carried out. “We hope by the end of June to achieve abatement of the lag, and … Read more

IMSS Blood Banks, with reservation only for 2 days – El Sol de Tijuana

IMSS Blood Banks, with reservation only for 2 days – El Sol de Tijuana

Tijuana.- In the worst-case scenario, the blood reserve of the Blood Bank of the Mexican Social Security Institute in Tijuana could only sustain two days of emergencies, said the director of the site, Angélica Ortiz Rodríguez. Faced with such a situation and within the framework of the national campaign for altruistic blood donation, the IMSS … Read more

How you can get IMSS insurance for students

How you can get IMSS insurance for students

When illnesses occur, the health service at the IMSS covers the recovery process. Workers affiliated to the Institute are not the only ones who have this coverage. There is also an Facultative Insurance for students, it is a medical insurance scheme that the Institute grants, free of charge, to students. students of the public institutions … Read more