At the “Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso” Civil Hospital, the medical staff has nothing to eat, and neither do the patients. Babies don’t receive formula. The hospital is falling apart.
Meanwhile, in the capital’s Zócalo, the Oaxaca government is deploying lights, screens, stages, and renowned artists, with expenses that starkly contrast with the hospital’s reality.
Last Monday, the Pediatrics ward suffered a partial collapse due to structural failures.
The facilities, more than 60 years old, can’t hold up any longer. Patients were urgently transferred to another medical unit.
“This is no longer sustainable,” say hospital workers.
This morning, medical staff demonstrated at the hospital’s facilities, as, in their own words, the management was notified yesterday that the hospital cafeteria cannot operate.
The reason? The IMSS-Bienestar (Mexican Social Security Institute) refused to release funds for food.
There is no food for the staff working 36-hour shifts, nor for the patients. “We can’t even give milk to the babies,” complained Marisol Ojeda Luna, head of the Nutrition Department.
Food providers have not been paid since December 2024. The pantry is empty: there are barely enough cans of tuna and peas left for two days.
1,400 rations are needed daily:
420 for staff,
120 for patients,
whole grain rations for sick people, and milk formula for newborns.
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Today, there is nothing to cover even a third of that.
The staff has sent multiple information cards to the federal and state governments. No one responds.
“We’ve never been this bad,” repeat doctors with more than 20 years of experience.
The Oaxaca government washes its hands of the problem: “It’s a federal responsibility,” they say from the Government Palace. Public health becomes a no-man’s-land.
While the hospital collapses, lavish stages are being built in the heart of Oaxaca’s Zócalo, featuring artists whose fees exceed one million pesos.
In July alone, the state government spent more than 20 million pesos on massive concerts, private production, audio rentals, lighting, screens, logistics, transportation, and VIP security.
Source: insurgenciamagisterial
