Maternity hospitals in San Cristóbal de las Casas
Facilities that report an obstetrics and delivery unit. From Mexico's Ministry of Health resource inventory (2024).
We list 4 facilities with maternity in San Cristóbal de las Casas, taken from the Ministry of Health's resource inventory. 3 of them report inpatient capacity, 88 beds between them. All of them list a phone number.
Hospital de la Mujer San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Felipe Ecatepec
CH San Cristóbal de las Casas
Clinica Para la Atencion de Parto Humanizado San Cristobal de las Casas
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What a delivery unit means
The obstetrics and delivery unit is where births and caesareans take place. A hospital that reports one has labour and delivery rooms and the equipment for a caesarean, which can become necessary without warning. Worth checking separately is whether the same hospital has a nursery and, above all, neonatal intensive care: if the baby needs specialist attention the hospital cannot provide, they will have to be transferred, which means separating them from the mother.
What to check before choosing where to give birth
Beyond distance, confirm whether your doctor has admitting privileges at that hospital, what a private package includes and what is billed separately, what the policy on a birth companion is, and what happens if the pregnancy becomes complicated. In the public sector, ask during antenatal care which unit you are assigned to for the birth: it is not always the nearest hospital, and knowing weeks in advance avoids a rushed decision.
Frequently asked questions
How many facilities with maternity are there in San Cristóbal de las Casas?
4 facilities in San Cristóbal de las Casas report maternity in the Ministry of Health's resource inventory. The list on this page shows each one with its address and, where we have it, a phone number. The inventory covers establishments that report to it, so a private clinic that does not report will not appear.
Which of them can admit a patient?
3 of the 4 report inpatient beds, 88 between them; each card shows its own count. A facility with no bed count reported either does not admit patients or did not report the figure — worth confirming by phone before you travel.
What else do these facilities offer?
Besides maternity, the most common units among them are a clinical laboratory (4), inpatient beds (3), an operating theatre (3). That matters when a case needs more than one department in the same building — being moved between hospitals costs time.
Is this list a quality ranking?
No. The order reflects how much verified information we hold about each facility — capacity, services, specialties and listed doctors — not the quality of care. Private establishments do not report to the capacity inventory, so their entries look sparser here than their size would suggest.