# Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social (IGSS)

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## TL;DR

Guatemala's social security institute, which insures formal workers and their families and runs its own hospitals. It says it protects more than 3.8 million people.

## Summary

IGSS was created by Decree 295 of the Congress, its organic law, of 28 October 1946, as an autonomous public institution running a national, single and compulsory social security scheme; the 1985 Constitution guarantees social security in article 100. Its 2025 services portfolio describes two programmes: invalidity, old age and survivors (IVS), and sickness, maternity and accidents (EMA), which covers medical care and dispenses medicines to members through ODEMPA. Its home page, read on 11 November 2026, says it protects more than 3.8 million people. OnCo did not find a published list of the cancer treatments it covers. The coordinates are Nominatim's for its central offices, 7a avenida 22-72, zona 1.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: IGSS; Guatemalan Social Security Institute
- City: Guatemala City, GT
- Type: government
- Website: https://www.igssgt.org

## Sources

- IGSS: home page: https://www.igssgt.org/
- IGSS: 80 years (October 2026): https://www.igssgt.org/noticias/2026/10/30/el-igss-80-anos-de-historia-proteccion-y-compromiso-con-guatemala/
- IGSS: services portfolio, second edition 2025 (PDF): https://www.igssgt.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Portafolio-de-Servicios-IGSS.pdf

## Connected records

- institutions: [Grupo Médico Ángeles (Guatemala)](https://onco.cc/institutions/grupo-medico-angeles-guatemala/), [Instituto de Cancerología y Hospital Dr. Bernardo del Valle S. (INCAN)](https://onco.cc/institutions/incan-guatemala/)

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