Hospital Notes & Errors
Research conducted February 2026 across all 150 MAS hospitals. Verified against official government sources, hospital websites, news articles, and medical registries (CLUES, SINERHIAS).
Findings Overview
| Error | 22 | Data that needs fixing — wrong names, cities, sectors, dupes |
| Correction | 48 | Improvements — incomplete names, ambiguous entries |
| Status | 16 | Operational changes — transfers, construction, closures |
| Context | 125 | Useful background — founding dates, bed counts, specialties |
148 of 150 hospitals have at least one finding.
CSV columns: HCODE, Error, Correction, Status, Status_Tag, Sector_Was, Sector_Now, Context
Status_Tag values: transfer, construction, closure, damage, crisis, merger
Critical Errors
Wrong Names (5) Error
| HCODE | DB Name (wrong) | Correct Name |
|---|
| AGG | "Hospital General de Tepic" | Hospital Civil "Dr. Antonio González Guevara" (renamed 2005) |
| AMD | "…de Alta Especialidad de Yucatán" | "…de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán" (HRAEPY) |
| HAT | "Bicentenario 2011" | "Bicentenario 2010" (bicentennial was 2010, not 2011) |
| ICT | "Coatzacoalos" | "Coatzacoalcos" (missing second 'c') |
| TFO | "Dr. Fernado Ocaranza" | "Dr. Fernando Ocaranza" (typo) |
Wrong Cities (4) Error
| HCODE | DB City | Correct City | Why |
|---|
| PAL | CDMX | Huixquilucan, Estado de México | Different state entirely |
| PUE | Puebla | San Andrés Cholula, Puebla | Different municipality |
| ZHE | Monterrey | San Pedro Garza García, N.L. | Separate municipality from Monterrey |
| ZQP | Guadalajara | Zapopan, Jalisco | Separate municipality from Guadalajara |
Wrong/Stale Sectors (3) Error
| HCODE | DB Sector | Should Be | Reason |
|---|
| MNL | IMS | SSA | Operated by Secretaría de Salud de Nuevo León |
| ICN | IMSS | IMS | Code inconsistency (all others use "IMS") |
| IOP | IMSS | IMS | Same code inconsistency |
Other Name Typos (2) Error
| HCODE | Issue |
|---|
| IYU | "Mérica" → "Mérida" (typo also in collaborators.csv, 6 records) |
| ZCL | Extra spaces: "Hospital General de··Zacatecas 'Luz··González Cosío'" |
Missing Data (2) Error
| HCODE | Issue |
|---|
| IOP | City and State columns are EMPTY — should be Pachuca, Hidalgo |
| ITZ | "Hospital General de Zona" → should be "de Subzona" (HGS, not HGZ) |
Duplicate Entries (4 pairs) Error
These HCODEs refer to the same physical hospital and should be merged or clarified:
| HCODE A | HCODE B | Hospital |
|---|
| ICV | ICM | HGR/MF No. 1 "Ignacio García Téllez", Cuernavaca — same building |
| ITJ | IQO | IMSS HGR No. 1, Tijuana — same address |
| MQR | FNL | Hosp. del Niño y la Mujer "Dr. Felipe Núñez Lara", Querétaro |
| IVR | VER | UMAE Hosp. de Especialidades No. 14, CMN "Adolfo Ruiz Cortines" |
IMSS-Bienestar Transfer Tracker
The 2023–2024 health federalization transferred many hospitals from state/federal control to IMSS-Bienestar. The Sector_Was and Sector_Now CSV columns track these changes while preserving the original sector.
Confirmed Transfers Status
| HCODE | Hospital | Was | Now | Date | DB Has | Needs Update? |
|---|
| AMD | HRAE de la Península de Yucatán | OPD | IMB | Oct 2023 | SSA | Yes |
| HRA | HRAE del Bajío | OPD | IMB | Oct 2023 | IMB | No |
| IXT | HRAE Ixtapaluca | OPD | IMB | Oct 2023 | OPD | Yes |
| MXL | Hospital General de Mexicali | SSA | IMB | Apr 2024 | IMB | No |
| TIJ | Hospital General de Tijuana | SSA | IMB | Apr 2024 | SSA | Yes |
| OAX | Hospital de la Niñez Oaxaqueña | SSA | IMB | Jul 2024 | IMB* | No |
| PUE | Hospital para el Niño Poblano | SSA | IMB | 2024 | SSA | Yes |
| CUL | Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa | SSA | IMB | 2024 | SSA | Yes |
| BVG | Hospital Dr. Valentín Gómez Farías | SSA | IMB | 2024 | IMB | No |
| TAP | Hospital General de Tapachula | SSA | IMB | 2024 | IMB | No |
*OAX has DB value "IMSS-Bienestar" (full text) instead of code "IMB" — may need normalization.
In Process / Uncertain Status
| HCODE | Hospital | Was | Now | Notes |
|---|
| CVJ | Hospital del Niño Morelense | OPD | IMB | Convention signed Mar 2024; DB already IMB |
| NIM | Hospital del Niño (IMIEM) | OPD | IMB | Transition may not be fully complete |
5 DB records need sector update to IMB: AMD, IXT, TIJ, PUE, CUL
Status Alerts
Closures (2) Status
| HCODE | Hospital | When | Details |
|---|
| SLW | Hosp. Federico Gómez Santos | Oct 2022 | Facilities currently abandoned (Saltillo) |
| TEC | Hospital San José TecSalud | Oct 2025 | All services migrated to ZHE (Zambrano Hellion) |
Under Construction / New Replacement (4) Status
| HCODE | Hospital | Expected | Details |
|---|
| CTM | Hosp. General de Chetumal | Early 2026 | 120 beds, 71.5% complete, >1,600M pesos |
| MID | Hosp. O'Horán, Mérida | ~Mar 2026 | 600 beds, largest in SE Mexico/Central America |
| SOX | ISSSTE Hosp. Pdte. Benito Juárez | TBD | New HRAE nearby, >3,000M pesos investment |
| OAX | Niñez Oaxaqueña | Opened 2025 | New "Hosp. de la Mujer y la Niñez" at same site |
Damage (2) Status
| HCODE | Hospital | Event | Current Status |
|---|
| ACP | CANICA, Acapulco | Hurricane Otis (Oct 2023) | Currently operational (limited during recovery) |
| IGR | IMSS HGZ No. 1, Acapulco | Hurricane Otis (Oct 2023) | IMSS invested 670M+ in rehabilitation |
Operational Crisis (2) Status
| HCODE | Hospital | Issue |
|---|
| ZCL | Hosp. General de Zacatecas | Reduced to emergencies only (May 2025); supply/staffing crisis |
| TRC | ISSSTE "Dr. Santiago Ramón y Cajal" | 3 of 4 ORs shut by Cofepris (Jul 2023); 50+ years old |
Merger (1) Status
| HCODE | Details |
|---|
| ZHE | Absorbing TEC (Hospital San José TecSalud) as of Oct 2025. Rooms 115 → 179. |
Hospital Complexes Needing Disambiguation
These HCODEs refer to multi-hospital complexes. The dashboard should clarify which unit collaborators belong to, or note it's a complex.
| HCODE | Complex Name | Units |
|---|
| OCC | CMN de Occidente (IMSS, Guadalajara) | Hosp. Especialidades, Hosp. Pediatría, Hosp. Gineco-Obstetricia, CIBO |
| RAZ | CMN La Raza (IMSS, CDMX) | Hosp. General, Hosp. Especialidades, Hosp. Gineco-Obs No. 3, Hosp. Infectología |
Ambiguous Names Correction
| HCODE | Issue |
|---|
| PCM | "Christus Muguerza" has 4 hospitals in Monterrey alone — specify which unit |
| PLC | "Real San José" has 2 locations in Zapopan — Lázaro Cárdenas vs Valle Real |
Sector Coding Notes
| Code | Meaning | Count (approx) |
|---|
| IMS | IMSS | ~40 |
| IMB | IMSS-Bienestar | ~15 |
| IST | ISSSTE | ~15 |
| SSA | Secretaría de Salud (federal or state) | ~30 |
| OPD | Organismo Público Descentralizado | ~10 |
| PRV | Private | ~20 |
| AC | Asociación Civil | ~3 |
| SED | SEDENA (military) | 1 |
| Mixed | Multiple sectors (e.g., university) | 1 |
| ISSEMyM, IMSS, IMSS-Bienestar | Inconsistent variants | Fix needed |
Inconsistencies to fix: ICN and IOP use "IMSS" instead of "IMS". OAX uses "IMSS-Bienestar" (full text) instead of "IMB".
Coding gap: Several hospitals are state-level OPDs coded as SSA (e.g., FAA, GDL should be OPD). INP and HIM are federal Institutos Nacionales coded as SSA/OPD — could use a dedicated "INS" code.
Data Sources Used
Government portals (gob.mx, state health secretariats, IMSS/ISSSTE sites) · Medical registries (CLUES, SINERHIAS) · Hospital websites & social media · Mapping (Waze, Mapcarta, Google Maps) · News (transfers, construction, closures) · Rankings (Newsweek-Statista, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud, Intellat)