Municipal, federal, and military officials met at the future site of a 260-bed IMSS Regional Hospital in San José del Cabo to coordinate road access, ambulance routes, and traffic flow for the facility. The meeting included representatives from the Los Cabos municipal government, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), and the federal road agency Capufe.
Key participants included Joel Alejandro Sánchez Mariscal, the municipal director of construction permits; Ramón Rubio Apodaca, head of the local water utility OOMSAPAS Los Cabos; Christopher Enríquez González, director of public works; and Francisco Cota Márquez, the municipal civil protection director. Lt. Col. Luis Fernando González Garduño represented SEDENA.
Toll Booth Relocation and New Roads Under Study
A central topic was whether to relocate the toll booth near the hospital site. Marco Antonio Gutiérrez de la Rosa, director general of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT), said officials are analyzing several options. These include moving the toll booth, widening existing roads, and building 1.46 kilometers of new roadway to connect the hospital to the highway corridor.
The session also focused on ambulance access and daily traffic from patients, visitors, and medical staff. Any toll booth changes or road widening would affect commuters who use the highway between San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas.
A Major Healthcare Upgrade for Los Cabos
The hospital will serve roughly 500,000 IMSS beneficiaries and offer 46 medical specialties, according to IMSS delegate Juan Gilberto Pérez Sotelo. The facility will also have the capacity to exchange services with other public health systems, including ISSSTE and IMSS-Bienestar, potentially drawing patients from other states.
President Claudia Sheinbaum visited Los Cabos in June 2025 to mark the start of construction. Since then, the project has moved into detailed logistics and infrastructure planning, with multiple technical working sessions convened through the Los Cabos municipal government’s urban development office under Roberto Flores Rivera.
The hospital project coincides with other major infrastructure works in the area, including a grade-separated interchange at the Fonatur roundabout, already under construction, and the planned relocation of a wastewater treatment plant in downtown San José del Cabo.
This story was first reported by Colectivo Pericú.