Michoacán government delivers 57 ambulances to indigenous communities

The government of Michoacán, led by Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, purchased 57 basic emergency ambulances for indigenous communities with self-government in Mexico.

The state invested 102.6 million pesos to provide medical services to more than 181,000 residents. Unlike previous administrations that rented vehicles, the current government bought the units permanently. Each ambulance cost 1.8 million pesos. These vehicles will operate in a network coordinated with the Centro Regulador de Urgencias Médicas and trained community paramedics to provide 24-hour prehospital care.

The Secretary of Health of Michoacán says the vehicles meet the Norma Oficial Mexicana 034 and contain equipment for early life support, trauma care, and stabilization. The government delivered the first units to communities in the municipalities of Pátzcuaro, Los Reyes, Uruapan, Zitácuaro, and Ocampo. This move aims to shorten transport times and increase the budgetary autonomy of indigenous self-governments.