- The general director of the IMSS, Zoé Robledo; the secretary of Health, Jorge Alcocer Varela, and the rector of the UNAM, Enrique Graue, led the 18th. Ordinary Session of the General Assembly of Associates of the IMSS Foundation, AC
- The 20 new members of the Board of Directors were approved and represent the best in research, altruism and management skills.
- Three members of the Surveillance Commission were also appointed.
Within the framework of the 18th. Ordinary Session of the General Assembly of Associates of the IMSS Foundation, AC, headed by the general director of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Master Zoé Robledo, the new Board of Directors was approved, made up of researchers, businessmen and officials, which From their public position they have collaborated with the IMSS at key moments.
In the lobby of the auditorium of the General Hospital of the National Medical Center (CMN) La Raza, where the mural entitled “For complete security and for all Mexicans” by David Alfaro Siqueiros is located, they accompanied the general director of the IMSS, the secretary of Health, Dr. Jorge Alcocer Varela – virtually –; the president of the Senate of the Republic, Olga Sánchez Cordero; the governor of Nayarit, Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero; the rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Dr. Enrique Graue Wiechers; the president of Fundación Banorte, Carlos Hank González; and the president of the Board of Directors of Fundación IMSS, AC, Dr. Alejandro Valenzuela del Río, among others.
Zoé Robledo indicated that it is significant that the new Board of Directors represents the best of the IMSS Foundation and the best of the IMSS relationship during the pandemic.
“There are old friends and friends, but there are people who were by the side of the IMSS when it was needed, at the most critical moment in its history, more than the earthquakes, more than the other pandemics, even more than the moments of financial crisis of the Institute, there is no doubt that these last two years have been the most challenging moment and you were there”, he stressed.
During the ordinary session, he recognized the trajectory of each of the 20 incoming directors, outstanding personalities in academia, politics, science and the business world. The composition of the Board of Directors was made up of:
- Maestro Fernando Landeros Verdugo, president of Fundación Teletón México, AC
- Luis Alejandro Soberón Kuri, president of the CIE Foundation.
- Jesús Vizcarra Calderón, from the Vizcarra Foundation.
- Mr. Antonio Leonardo Castañón, president of the Farmacias del Ahorro Foundation.
- Teacher Mónica Aspe Bernal, president of the AT&T Foundation.
- Mr. Francisco Cervantes Díaz, president of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE).
- Engineer Francisco Darío González Albuerne, President of the Fundación Multimedios.
- Carlos Hank González, president of Fundación Banorte.
- Doctor Arturo Reyes Sandoval, general director of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).
- Doctor Jesús Ancer Rodríguez, Co-founder of the Esquipulas Clinic in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas.
- Doctor David Kersenovich Stalnikowitz, general director of the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”.
- Senator Olga Sánchez Cordero Dávila, President of the Board of Directors of the Senate of the Republic.
- Doctor María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces, head of the National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt).
- Mr. Carlos Martínez Velázquez, general director of the Institute of the National Workers’ Housing Fund (Infonavit).
- Doctor Nadine Gasman Zylbermann, president of the National Institute for Women (INMUJERES).
- Ninfa Salinas Sada, president of the Board of Directors of Fundación Azteca.
- Doctor Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero, Governor of Nayarit.
- Dr. Mario Luis Fuentes Alcalá, President of the University Board of Trustees.
- Doctor Ana Carolina Sepúlveda Vildósola, academic of the Faculty of Medicine of the UNAM.
- Dr. Fryda Medina Rodríguez, general director of the IMSS “Dr. Victorio de la Fuente Narváez” Traumatology and Orthopedics Hospital.
Likewise, Zoé Robledo recognized the work carried out by the outgoing directors, in particular Dr. Alejandro Valenzuela del Río, and indicated that there were political and social actors as important as those who today assume the new responsibility, “having done it for 10 years, It’s definitely an extra effort.”
Within the framework of the 18th. In the Ordinary Session of the General Assembly of the IMSS Foundation, three members of the IMSS Foundation Surveillance Commission were also appointed: Ricardo Bucio Mujica, president of the Mexican Center for Philanthropy; Beatriz Eugenia Tumoine Muñoz, Global Director of Social Impact at CEMEX; and José Halabe Cherem, president of the National Academy of Medicine in Mexico.
The president of the Board of Directors of the IMSS Foundation, Dr. Ana Carolina Sepúlveda Vildósola, an academic from the UNAM School of Medicine, was appointed. In addition, the president and general director of the IMSS Foundation, AC, Dr. Romeo Sergio Rodríguez Suárez, and Teacher Ana Lía de Fátima García García, respectively, were ratified.
The general director of the IMSS, Zoé Robledo, delivered an award, on behalf of the members of the outgoing Board of Directors, to Dr. Alejandro Valenzuela del Río, general director of Banco Azteca; Dr. José Guillermo Zozaya Délano, Executive President of the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry; and Jorge Kahwagi Gastine, president and general director of the newspaper La Crónica de Hoy.
In his message, he referred that today there is a common cause for the Institute, where what follows in the post-Covid period can be discussed, which is not raised with uncertainty but with hope in the future and the future with well-being.
He thanked the support of the Teletón Children’s Rehabilitation Centers for the care of patients infected by Covid-19, the possibility of installing a temporary hospital in the Hermanos Rodríguez Autodrome, the support of Salud Digna to carry out 40,000 daily PCR tests with the lowest costs. market prices, the donation of drug kits from Farmacias del Ahorro, and nearly a thousand cell phones from the AT&T Foundation for remote medical follow-up of patients.
Zoé Robledo highlighted the arrival of Dr. Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero, governor of Nayarit, who today has fundamental challenges by becoming the spearhead of health federalism.
In his message, the Secretary of Health, Jorge Alcocer Varela, stated that the scope of action of the IMSS Foundation should be expanded to respond to changes in the work of Mexican science and encourage professionals to participate in this practice.
The scientific contributions would benefit the patients of the entire health sector that “continues to reduce its geographical limits, its separation, in search of its integration,” he indicated.
He said that through IMSS-Wellness there will be the conditions so that from there the development of programs to support science in favor of the communities will be promoted.
He assured that the new councilors arrive strengthened to continue the task of health care and disease prevention, which are the target of action in our country.
In his participation, the rector of UNAM, Dr. Enrique Graue Wiechers, pointed out that the two years of pandemic that Mexico has experienced have been difficult for everyone, especially for the country’s medical and paramedical staff, in a very particular way for the Insurance Social.
He stressed that the IMSS is a great health institution and it is difficult to conceive the Mexico of the second half of the 20th century without the presence of the Institute. For this reason, the work carried out by the health sector in coordination with the Foundation is truly epic.
He indicated that this new Board of Directors will continue to work and renew itself in a creative way to face the challenges that the Mexican Institute of Social Security has set itself.
On his occasion, the former president of the Board of Directors of the IMSS Foundation, AC, Dr. Alejandro Valenzuela del Río, indicated that this replacement will give a new impetus and direction to this organization, with the vision and capacity of the new directors.
Valenzuela del Río stressed that a solid Foundation is delivered in financial terms, for which everything is duly audited and made transparent. “The most important legacy that any of us can have is to see that this is going to have the capacity to continue with enormous vigor and capacity to help Mexico,” he stressed.
The presentation of the 2021 Activities Report and the Financial Statements for the 2021 financial year, the 2022 Work Plan, the proposal to modify the statutes and the presentation of the Operations Manual of the IMSS Foundation were also carried out.
Dr. Célida Duque Molina, director of IMSS Medical Benefits and honorary vice president; the members of the Board of Directors of the IMSS Foundation and special guests such as the Secretary General of Social Security, Marcos Bucio Mujica; the head of the Unit for the Evaluation of Decentralized Organs of the IMSS, Luisa Obrador Garrido Cuesta, and Dr. Guillermo Careaga Reyna, general director of the General Hospital “Dr. Gaudencio González Garza” of CMN La Raza.
Outgoing directors Genaro Borrego Estrada, Director of Corporate Affairs at FEMSA; Miguel Ángel Laporta de Caso, owner of the Laporta Consulting; Virtually, Dr. María Guadalupe Garza Sagastegui, in charge of the Preventive Medicine Coordination of the ISSSTE Regional Hospital of High Specialty in Monterrey, Nuevo León; and Dr. Javier Moctezuma Barragán, General Director of the Gonzalo Río Arronte Foundation, IAP
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