- Nationally, Social Security performed 42 percent of all procedures in the health sector.
- To guarantee procedures free of Covid-19, the Institute complies with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and has implemented its own protocols.
The Mexican Institute for Social Security (IMSS) performed 1,791 organ and tissue transplants in 2021, which means a productivity recovery of 212 percent compared to the 850 procedures performed in 2020, which was possible with the recovery strategy of medical services.
Dr. Pedro Paz Solís, IMSS coordinator for donation and transplantation of organs, tissues and cells, explained that of the total number of transplants performed last year, 815 were kidneys, 674 corneas, 234 bone marrow or hematopoietic stem cells, 49 were from liver cells. and 19 of heart, as well as 629 acquisition of organs and tissues.
He said these results are possible because Social Security has a donation hospital network, which consists of 72 medical units licensed to perform withdrawal and procurement surgery, and 57 male and female physicians dedicated to this activity.
In terms of national productivity, he indicated that Social Security performed 42 percent of all transplants performed in the health sector.
Pedro Paz Solís, coordinator of donation and transplantation of organs, tissues and cells of the IMSS.
“We have managed to do 40 percent of the country’s kidney transplants; in the case of cornea we obtained, it was 50 per cent; in liver we placed ourselves with 30 percent and in heart we did almost 99 percent ”.
He explained that the majority of patients who need a transplant are those who have accidentally caused organ or tissue failure, such as corneal rupture, due to infectious diseases, hepatocarcinoma tumors, kidney or liver failure, or heart disease not associated with treatment or devices. can not be corrected.
He explained that in order to guarantee procedures free of Covid-19, the Institute complied with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and implemented its own protocols.
In the case of patients who will receive a transplant and related living donors, a confirmatory test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus will be performed 24 hours before the transplant, and in the case of cadaveric donation, up to three days before the operation. .
The coordinator of donation and transplantation of organs, tissues and cells added that it is feasible for people recovering from Coronavirus to carry out the donation and also that they are recipients of a transplant; He called for strengthening protection measures to break chains of contagion.
He indicated that on the waiting list of the National Transplant Center (CENATRA) 22 thousand 874 patients are waiting for an organ or tissue, of which 16 thousand 301 are registered in Social Security, the biggest demand is for kidneys and cornea.
Dr. Paz Solís stressed that it is possible for each donor to benefit about 50 patients who need tissue and eight or more with an organ, “if we make it a common and regular practice, we will soon be able to give this benefit to. thousands of patients waiting for an opportunity ”.
To become a voluntary donor of organs and tissues, any person wishing to do so can consult the website of the National Transplant Center: https://www.gob.mx/cenatra or visit the IMSS page at the link: http://www.imss.gob.mx/salud-en-linea/donacion-organos to register the interested person to be accredited as a volunteer donor.
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