Mexico’s first hospice now under construction in SMA

Published March 19, 2024

With the potential to change the paradigm of end-of-life care in Mexico, the country’s first hospice care center is now under construction in San Miguel de Allende. Phase One of Mitigare Hospice Care, a three-bedroom inpatient facility, should be completed by September 2024, and the second phase, a 400-square-meter training center with a 50-person classroom, is planned for 2026.

For the last eight years, Mitigare Cuidados Paliativos A.C. has provided palliative care to patients facing terminal diagnoses in the comfort of their own homes and offered support to their families. As Les Matthews, president of Mitigare’s board, explained, “Mitigare will still provide services in people’s homes, but now, when a patient’s caretaker needs a break, or when someone lives too far out in the campo (countryside) to receive regular care, they can come to our facility for dignified, specialized end-of-life care.”

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