The COVID-19 Mobile Hospital was installed at the Morelos Sports Unit in Colima, Mexico. Its objective is to free up space in the Regional University Hospital.
This strategy of the Secretary of Health and Social Welfare of the state of Colima, seeks that the most seriously ill patients are treated in hospitals with greater resources, and recovering patients continue their process in this new Mobile Hospital.
The mobile unit has medical and nursing staff, is equipped with an oxygen generator for beds, a laboratory for blood and gas studies, as well as interactive digital telemedicine equipment for remote monitoring.
The hospital was also equipped with portable equipment to perform X-ray and ultrasound studies.
Telemedicine Network in Colima
Since 2014, the Ministry of Health in Colima established, through the CENETEC Health Observatory, the Telemedicine Network in the State of Colima. This only includes hospitals run by state authorities. However, the Mexican Social Security Institute has also implemented telemedicine services in some state hospitals since 2019.