The IMSS advances in social security
In an important step toward the universalization of health services in Mexico, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) began construction of the Regional General Hospital in Los Cabos, Baja California. This project is part of the IMSS-Universal model, which seeks to provide medical care to both beneficiaries and those without any form of social security.
The new hospital will offer 46 medical specialties, including cardiology, dermatology, geriatrics, gynecology, neurosurgery, and urology, among others. It will have a capacity of 260 beds spread across a 41,000-square-meter space.
The project will have a significant impact on the state's residents, benefiting more than half a million beneficiaries and doubling the IMSS's hospital capacity in the region. Currently, there are only 350 hospital beds, and with the opening of the new hospital, that number will increase to 610.
In terms of job creation, the Regional General Hospital will also bring significant benefits, as the number of specialists will increase from 861 to 1,295, and a total of more than 2,600 workers are expected to be hired, including medical personnel, nurses, technicians, and administrators.
This is an important step by the federal government and Social Security authorities to guarantee social security for a large portion of Mexicans, an area that has been lacking for decades.
PUBLIC APOLOGIES
In an unprecedented incident, a citizen, lawyer Carlos Velázquez de León, was forced to offer a public apology to the president of the Senate, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, after verbally attacking the Morena member in a VIP lounge at Mexico City International Airport (AICM) in September of last year.
Days after the incident, the legislator filed a criminal complaint against his attacker through the Senate's legal department, and a month later, the lawyer sent him a letter of apology; however, it was rejected because it was not in the terms Fernández Noroña had requested.
The litigation continued, and it was only a few days ago that the Morena member agreed to a conciliation procedure so that, in exchange for a public apology, he would withdraw the complaint.
"My words were unacceptable, my behavior that day cannot be justified," said Velázquez de León, as the Senate leader accepted the public apology, thus bringing the painful episode to a close.
ORBIA, LEADER IN RECYCLING
Thanks to the Vinyl in Motion initiative of its Polymer Solutions business division (Vestolit), Orbia, the Mexican company led globally by Sameer S. Bharadwaj, is now the leader in PVC recycling in Latin America. Vinyl in Motion has grown by 83 percent in the last year alone.
Through this initiative, the company converts polyvinyl chloride (PVC) waste into new products, while promoting social development in recycling communities.
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