2024-01-06 00:00:10
Everything related to the healthcare field always causes interest due to its importance. With this in mind, it is worth knowing the names of the largest hospitals in Mexico. This is an updated list because during the last 12 months there have been various changes.
For a correct medical attention specific spaces are needed. The result is the hospital, which is an establishment that has doctors, specialists, nursing staff, orderlies and other elements. They are all available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
What are the largest hospitals in Mexico?
Before offering an answer, it is necessary to take into account an appropriate parameter to make the comparison. The most common are the total size of the hospital infrastructure, the number of medical staff and the number of specialties available.
Likewise, there is also another way to do an analysis and identify the largest hospitals in Mexico. This is the number of beds available for patients. With this in mind, when adding those intended for hospitalization, outpatient and multiple use, there are some Mexican hospitals that stand out from the rest due to their quantity.
University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González” – Nuevo León – 1,244 General Hospital of Mexico “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga” – Mexico City – 1,132 Civil Hospital of Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde” – Jalisco – 1,057 Hospital Central Militar – Mexico City – 790 Civil Hospital of Guadalajara “Juan I. Menchaca” – Jalisco – 760
All figures were taken from Hospirank 2023. It is an annual study carried out Global Health Intelligence (GHI) to know the current state of hospital infrastructure in Latin America. His work is based on information from HospiScopewhich contains the largest database in the world.
Within the first observations it is obtained that all of them are located within the three main cities of the country. The CDMX, Nuevo León and Jalisco they house the largest hospitals in Mexico.
As a result of the above, there is a frequent complaint about the centralization of health. The biggest problem is that the inhabitants of other entities, especially those located in the southeast of the country, do not have options of this type available to them.
For its part, the unequal distribution of health professionals in the national territory goes beyond the number of hospitals. Aspects such as security also influence because in rural areas the living conditions for doctors are not optimal.
Cases of doctors, interns and medical students who are victims of crime. On some occasions they are even forced to treat people with gunshot wounds or simply take away their belongings.
What is the oldest hospital in Mexico?
On the other hand, although technology is important for the creation of healthcare spaces, there are also others with a long history. In that sense, something that few know is that the oldest hospital in Latin America is located in Mexico.
In accordance with a report of the Ministry of Health (SSa), the Jesus Hospital, located in the Historic Center of CDMX, has this distinction. The hospital was founded in 1524 by Hernán Cortés with the mission of caring for the health of the most needy population.
The most surprising thing is that it is still valid today. Each year it provides around 40 thousand consultations in different specialties, performs 15 thousand X-ray studies and analyzes around 45 thousand laboratory samples.
And in your case, have you ever visited the largest hospitals in Mexico?
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