Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — The Solidaridad City Council has approved the donation of a plot of land to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) for the construction of a Family Medicine Unit in Puerto Aventuras, with no time limit for the project, a local councilman confirmed Wednesday.
Juan Novelo Zapata, a councilman from the National Action Party (PAN), said the IMSS now has no excuses to move forward with the project. The land had previously been donated under a previous administration led by Lili Campos Miranda, but that donation included a time limit that expired before construction began.
Novelo Zapata noted that the IMSS had argued that administrative procedures prevented them from completing the project within the original timeframe. The new donation removes that restriction.
“We gave them what they asked for, and they still haven’t even laid the first stone,” Novelo Zapata said. He accused the federal government of lacking interest in investing in health infrastructure in the municipality.
Victor Gasca Martinez, head of the IMSS’s Quintana Roo operational and administrative office, had previously stated that the project was delayed because the land donation process was still ongoing.
The councilman said this is the second time the same plot has been donated to the IMSS, and so far no work has begun.
