From the Editorial
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, November 19, 2024, p. 7
With the Infarction Code program, the IMSS managed to reduce mortality from heart attacks by 65 percent and since 2019 placed the indicator at the average of 6.5 percent reported by the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The High Specialty Medical Unit (UMAE) Cardiology Hospital of the National Medical Center (CMN) Siglo XXI, which began the strategy almost a decade ago, obtained international recognition by the American Heart Association, the institute reported.
The US organization highlighted that in the 21st century the program has demonstrated high efficiency and high quality standards in the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction
. In fact, it has spread to health sector institutions.
The director of the UMAE, Guillermo Saturno Chiu, reported that during the congress of the American Heart Association, held in Chicago, the work on the Infarction Code was presented. There, the head of the Cardiovascular Emergency service, Pedro Rivera Lara, and the third-year resident in the Clinical Cardiology specialty Josué Páez Tirado showed the protocol that is applied to patients with acute myocardial infarction.
The recognition, the official said, reflects the commitment of all the hospital workers, from the medical and nursing team, to the police officer who receives the patient at the entrance. All categories are immersed to provide a quick service
he pointed out.
