Chetumal, Q.R. — A new section of the Chetumal General Hospital has opened for patients in the southern region. On Sunday, Governor Mara Lezama toured the newly operational hemodynamics room.
Lezama says the room “is now open and operational, becoming a long-awaited reality for the population of southern Quintana Roo.”
During a tour of the facilities, accompanied by the state Secretary of Health, Flavio Carlos Rosado, Lezama explained the project was made possible thanks to the federal government. First efforts were started with then-president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and currently with the support of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
“Today we can say that the hemodynamics lab is now open and operational. This is a need that had gone unmet for many years in the southern part of the state,” she said.
“It was important to have hemodynamics labs in the north, but also in the south. This hemodynamics lab had never existed before.”
The new area is located in a completely remodeled section of the current General Hospital and has high-tech equipment for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
The total investment was 75 million pesos and includes comprehensive infrastructure. According to Governor Lezama, one of the biggest challenges was hiring a hemodynamics doctor for Chetumal.
With this facility, patients will be able to receive immediate care for heart attacks, undergo catheterizations, have temporary and permanent pacemakers implanted, as well as receive treatment for various heart conditions.
Prior to the new opening in Chetumal, these were procedures that previously required travel to other cities.
Lezama explained that the new hemodynamics room in the Chetunal General Hospital is temporary and will be moved to the new hospital, which is currently under construction.
“What we couldn’t allow was to wait for the construction to be finished before starting work. Today, this room has already saved many lives,” she said.
She confirmed that once the new hospital is completed, the hemodynamics unit will be moved to the new facilities. In May of 2025, the government reported 40 percent progress on the construction of the 1.6 billion pesos new General Hospital for Chetumal. A possible completion date was not provided.
