With transparency, honesty and respecting the law, the institute distributes financial resources to transform itself: Pedro ZentenoAs part of the national strategy to strengthen medical units, the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (Issste) has distributed around three thousand pieces of equipment, and has provided maintenance and expansion to clinics and hospitals of first, second and third level of attention, informed the general director, Pedro Zenteno Santaella.With transparency, honesty and respecting the law, the institute delivers the financial resources for equipment, in response to the needs detected directly in the supervision tours that have been carried out in approximately 200 first-level clinics in 17 entities, many of them expressed in out loud by the staff and patients, he pointed out.Pedro Zenteno explained that among the distributed equipment are: emergency surgical lamps;digital baby scales;Swedish and parallel bars;transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) machines for physical therapy;microscopes for brightfield routine, very useful in clinical analysis laboratories;electrosurgery units;ultrasonographers for the Center for Diagnosis and Detection of Breast Cancer;X-ray with mobile digital fluoroscopy;ultrasonic aspirators and electromyographs.In addition, basic and hospital diagnostic kits;self-generated steam sterilizers for dental and maxillofacial instruments;portable aneroid sphygmomanometers;and vital signs monitors for transferring patients and intermediate patients with a capnography module, which measures the carbon dioxide index in the respiratory cycle.Also microscopes for otorhinolaryngology and ophthalmology laboratory;argon ophthalmic laser;advanced color Doppler two-dimensional echocardiograph and cardiotocographs.In the same way, the Issste delivered articles and furniture such as: curing carts;refrigerators and thermoses for vaccines;scales with a stadiometer with a capacity of 220 kilos;rotating metal benches;high stools, secretarial and patient chairs;Pasteur and scanning tables;desks, whip lamps, shelves and filing cabinets.In the first level units, he indicated, corrective and preventive maintenance is given to the equipment, as well as to the facilities.In addition, dental modules were delivered.Pedro Zenteno specified that the equipment strategy seeks to gradually reverse the policy of privatization and subrogation in a large part of the services that prevailed for decades in previous six-year terms, which led to the expiration of own equipment due to age and lack of maintenance.He stressed that the purpose is to provide a decent and adequate service to beneficiaries, in addition to reversing the impact left by years of deterioration, abandonment and lack of investment in the medical area.As of December 31, 2021, the Issste registered 1,121 medical units, of which 981 are first level of care, 125 second level and 15 corresponding to the third level.All of them, in some way, are being equipped to strengthen the institute and guarantee the human right to health, concluded Pedro Zenteno."Privacy Notice", according to the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties 2012