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Hospital Infrastructure has Significantly Increased Over the Past Three Years: President Calderón
 Suzanne Stephens Waller - Presidencia de la República
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January 09, 2010
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Mexico City - After stressing that Federal Government is an ally of the country's health and nurses, President Felipe Calderón said that the past three years have seen more investment in hospital infrastructure than there had been for many years, since it rose from 230 billion pesos in 2006 to 350 billion pesos in 2010.
“Counting the new hospitals and clinics we have built and those we have renovated, we have completed 1,300 hospital infrastructure works and clinics in the country, over one a day since the start of the Administration," he said.
During the Nurses’ Day Celebration at the 21st Century National Medical Center, the President said that his administration has undertaken a campaign to prevent all kinds of illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, through exercise and a balanced diet.
He explained that Mexico is the country with the highest rate of childhood obesity and the second highest index of obesity among the general population.
Accompanied by his wife Margarita Zavala, the Mexican president also mentioned the increase in health coverage, since, 88 out of 106 million Mexicans are currently affiliated to the Popular Insurance Scheme, IMSS, ISSSTE or some other institution.
He added that during his government, over 70,000 nurses’ and doctors’ jobs have been regularized, meaning that one out of every seven have been given permanent contracts.
As I have said before, we are focusing all our efforts in the Health Sector on a very clear goal, to which not only countries like Mexico but also many developed countries aspire. namely, universal health coverage,” he said.
He invited his audience in 2010, the Year of the Independence Bicentennial and the Revolution Centennial, to follow the example of their forebears and continue the struggle to construct the country we all long for and want: a Mexico with equity and equal opportunities that is healthier, fairer, freer and safer.
“I know that in this task, Mexico can count on its nurses, who should rest assured that they can also count on Federal Government,” he said. |
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