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President Calderón Launches National Vaccination Week
 Presidencia de la República
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June 01, 2010
| | President Calderón says that 14 and a half million doses will be applied nationwide. (Presidencia de la República) | |
During the inauguration of the General Hospital General in Zone No. 1, in Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, President Felipe Calderón launched National Vaccination Week, in which 14 and a half million vaccinations will be applied nationwide, to combat illness such as hepatitis, tetanus and polio.
Accompanied by state governor Emilio González and Federal Health Secretary José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, the President repeated this administration's commitment to Mexicans' health, as borne out by the fact that over the past three years’ more clinics and hospitals have been remodeled than during any other government.
"This National Health Week means that every year, government will continue improving the health service. People can say what they like, since this is a free country and people can say what they like about government and its actions. But if there’s one thing that is clear, it is my government's commitment to health, because this government has built more clinics and hospitals than any other government in the country," he said.
The President said that thanks to the perseverance in vaccinating Mexican children, Mexico has no longer reported any cases of polio while diseases that were common at other times have been eradicated. A propos of this, he said: "I would like to say that our National Health System is one of the most comprehensive in the world. This gives us yet another reason to be proud that one of the great legacies of our Independence Bicentennial is precisely our health services.
Construction of this General Hospital in Tepatitlán began in 2005 yet was halted due to administrative and budgetary issues and was renewed in 2008 until the hospital was completed. It will benefit the populations comprising the Upper Southern Region of Jalisco. It boasts one of the best CT scanners in the state and will attend over 100,000 beneficiaries.
"We are aware that people are entitled to quality medical care," declared the President. |
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