PAN demands Zoé Robledo’s departure amid IMSS protests
Federico Döring asked Claudia Sheinbaum to change the leadership of the Social Security Institute as workers report labor problems and shortages in the health system.
Federico Döring, deputy leader of the PAN caucus in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies, demanded the resignation of Zoé Robledo, director of the Mexican Social Security Institute, and asked President Claudia Sheinbaum to change the agency’s leadership.
Döring questioned official support for Cuban doctors and contrasted it with Mexican workers’ complaints about medicine shortages, labor problems and benefit cuts. His remarks came amid Social Security employee protests that began October 8.
The lawmaker said medical and nursing personnel feel harmed by decisions of IMSS management and a lack of union support. He also cited the deaths of eleven babies in the previous month as part of what he described as a crisis facing the agency.
PAN has criticized the hiring of Cuban specialists, a policy promoted under Robledo’s leadership. In April 2024, IMSS reported efforts to expand health cooperation with Cuba and reach 1,200 specialists in facilities and hospitals across 23 Mexican states.