IMSS Aims To Add 1,000 Transplants By 2026, Expanding Procurement And Transplant Services
WORLD NEWS – MEXICO: The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) is pressing to broaden transplantation services across the country after reporting a busy year of procedures and a plan for rapid expansion. Last year IMSS completed 3,519 transplants, including 1,478 kidney transplants, 63 liver transplants, 28 heart transplants, 3 lung transplants, 1,417 corneal procedures and 530 hematopoietic cell transplants. Officials said this total exceeded the prior year and reflects a drive to make transplantation more widely available.
IMSS currently operates 76 organ procurement units and 22 hospitals that perform transplants. The institute says its next phase is to carry full transplantation capability into the second level of care so regional specialty hospitals can handle the full pathway from procurement to transplantation. New regional facilities opened late in 2024 — including the Ciudad Juárez hospital with an integrated transplant service — are cited as early examples of that shift away from concentration in national centers.
Leadership has set a target of performing 1,000 additional transplants in 2026, reaching a projected 4,581 procedures, with particular emphasis on increasing kidney transplantation. IMSS noted the recovery of direct hemodialysis services will help identify candidates earlier and initiate coordinated pre-transplant protocols involving nephrologists, nutritionists and psychologists to educate patients about why transplantation is the appropriate treatment for severe kidney failure.
Officials also emphasized public communication and family support at the most difficult moments when donation decisions arise, promoting the institutional “Código Vida” approach to inform relatives about the option to authorize organ and tissue procurement as an altruistic gesture that benefits other patients. IMSS framed the strategy as both a clinical and system-level effort to decentralize transplantation and save more lives through greater access and integrated care.
Video originally published on 2026-03-03 12:50:12
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