Nine Mexican Hospitals Rank Among Latin America’s Best in IntelLat 2026

Mexico City — Nine Mexican medical institutions have been named among the best hospitals and clinics in Latin America in the IntelLat 2026 ranking, an evaluation that assessed 105 hospitals across 10 countries.

The study weighed clinical quality, innovation, sustainability, efficiency, patient care, technological capacity and institutional management, identifying each hospital’s strengths and areas of specialization.

Mexico’s contingent comprises Centro Médico ABC, Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad, Hospital Zambrano Hellion Tec Salud, Hospital Infantil Teletón de Oncología, Hospital Clínica Nova, Doctors Hospital AUNA, Hospital Galenia, OCA Hospital AUNA and Doctors Hospital East AUNA.

Centro Médico ABC posted the strongest result among the Mexican entries, taking ninth place in Latin America with a score of 79.39 points. It was the only Mexican hospital to break into the regional top 10.

Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad followed in 15th place with 71.16 points, while Hospital Zambrano Hellion Tec Salud ranked 21st with 67.11.

Further down the list, Hospital Infantil Teletón de Oncología placed 38th; Hospital Clínica Nova, 50th; Doctors Hospital AUNA, 55th; Hospital Galenia, 67th; OCA Hospital AUNA, 80th; and Doctors Hospital East AUNA, 84th.

Brazil’s Einstein Hospital Israelita topped the ranking with 97.8 points. Argentina’s Hospital Italiano was second with 88.66, and Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá in Colombia took third with 85.1.

The Latin American top 10 also included Brazil’s Hospital Sírio-Libanês and Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Argentina’s Hospital Alemán, Colombia’s Hospital Internacional-FCV and Fundación Cardioinfantil La Cardio, Mexico’s Centro Médico ABC, and Panama’s Hospital Punta Pacífica-Pacífica Salud.

Strong Showing in High-Complexity Specialties

Beyond the overall quality ranking, IntelLat measured institutional performance across eight medical specialties, where Mexican hospitals earned notable positions in fields considered highly complex.

In oncology, Centro Médico ABC was rated the fourth-best hospital in Latin America, Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad placed seventh and Hospital Zambrano Hellion Tec Salud ranked 13th.

Mexico also landed three hospitals in the regional top 15 for cardiology: Centro Médico ABC in fourth, Hospital Zambrano Hellion Tec Salud in 12th and Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad in 13th. Doctors Hospital AUNA also entered the Latin American cardiology top 20, at number 20.

Centro Médico ABC recorded further strong results with fourth place regionally in pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics, and pulmonology. It also took third place in endocrinology and diabetology, and in orthopedics and traumatology.

Hospital Zambrano Hellion Tec Salud stood out in neurology, ranking as the sixth-best institution in Latin America in that specialty.

The analysis also examined strategic dimensions that shed light on hospitals’ internal operations and capabilities beyond their overall ranking.

In the people category, Hospital Zambrano Hellion Tec Salud reached fourth place regionally, while Hospital Infantil Teletón de Oncología placed eighth.

On efficiency, Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad took 11th place, followed by OCA Hospital AUNA in 12th and Doctors Hospital AUNA in 15th.

IntelLat noted that the addition of new institutions raised the competitiveness of the 2026 edition, meaning any comparison with previous years’ results should account both for the expanded pool of hospitals evaluated and for stricter indicators.