Editing Monterrey (section)

===Health===
[[File:CIDICS1.jpg|thumb|Center for Research and Development in Health Sciences building of the [[Autonomous University of Nuevo León]]]]

Monterrey generally has a very highly ranked medical infrastructure with some internationally acclaimed hospitals,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.solutionsabroad.com/en/living/living-category/staying-healthy-in-mexico.html |title=Mexico Staying Healthy in Mexico |publisher=solutionsabroad.com |access-date=July 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025122403/http://www.solutionsabroad.com/en/living/living-category/staying-healthy-in-mexico.html |archive-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
including three with [[Joint Commission]] accreditation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=69&issue=4 |title=All About Monterrey, Mexico |publisher=medicaltourismmag.com |access-date=July 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013115555/http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=69&issue=4 |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Joint Commission is a private healthcare accreditation group. There are both public and private hospitals. The [[Mexican Social Security Institute|Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)]] has two major regional hospitals in the city, the Specialties Regional Hospital # 33, the cardiac centre (Hospital #34), and the Gynecology and Obstetrics Regional Hospital, serving also the northeastern states of [[Coahuila]] and [[Tamaulipas]]. Several smaller IMSS hospitals can be found such as the Traumatology and Orthopedics Hospital and the General Hospital # 25. State government owns the Metropolitan Hospital, located in the suburb of [[San Nicolás de los Garza]] and the Hospital of the Children and Mother Care in [[Guadalupe, Nuevo León|Guadalupe]] suburb.

The [[UANL|Autonomous University of Nuevo León]] runs the public University Hospital, with a high-level shock-trauma unit and a specialized clinic for child cancer treatment. It is recognized as the best public hospital in the northeast of Mexico and the UANL School of Medicine as one of the best in the country. On the other hand, the [[ITESM|Tecnológico de Monterrey]] runs the Hospital [[San José-Tec de Monterrey]] private hospital.

Monterrey has healthcare standards above the average for Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=90&issue=4 |title=MONTERREY HEALTHCARE CITY ~ TALENT AND TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT YOU |publisher=medicaltourismmag.com |access-date=July 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013115151/http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=90&issue=4 |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has several hospitals, including Hospital Cima (formerly Santa Engracia) of the International Hospital Corporation. Its convenient location, low prices and quality of medical care have made of Monterrey a very popular [[medical tourism]] destination for United States patients.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/DN-hospitals_28int.ART0.State.Edition2.424104e.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506173732/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/DN-hospitals_28int.ART0.State.Edition2.424104e.html |archive-date=May 6, 2008 |title=Good care, low prices lure patients to Mexico &#124; Dallas Morning News &#124; News for Dallas, Texas &#124; Mexico News |publisher=Dallasnews.com |date=July 28, 2007 |access-date=July 14, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/JCI-Spotlight-Stories-OCA-Hospital-Monterrey-Mexico/ |title=JCI Spotlight Stories: OCA Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico – Joint Commission International |publisher=jointcommissioninternational.org |access-date=July 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318031616/http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/JCI-Spotlight-Stories-OCA-Hospital-Monterrey-Mexico/ |archive-date=March 18, 2009}}</ref>