President Pena Nieto Announces Creation of National Universal Health System in 2014 Presidency of the Republic
go to original January 8, 2014

Presidente Peña nieto conmemoró la Ceremonia del Día de la Enfermera y Enfermero (Gobierno de la República)

Yesterday, President Enrique Peña Nieto repeated the government’s commitment to Mexicans’ health, adding that, “We are working to create a National Universal Health System to guarantee and ensure that the right enshrined in our Constitution, the right to health, is actually materialized and becomes a reality for all Mexicans.”

“Let 2014 be a year that gives Mexico achievements, development and economic growth and in the area of health allows us to achieve this Universal Health System which will ensure that all Mexicans, without exception, have access to good health services,” he said.

As he led the Nurses’ Day Ceremony, he said that the aim of this celebration is to recognize and congratulate them on their work: January 6, “Is the day we recognize their work, their commitment and their meticulous, passionate dedication to health.”

He explained that 300,000 nurses in the country at various health institutions will serve all Mexicans with dedication. Within this context, he recalled the painstaking care he received when he underwent surgery last year, “Nurses from the health sector in of our Armed Forces were extremely attentive to the health of the president, as they are to that of all Mexicans,” he said.

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