# Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (ISSS)

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## TL;DR

El Salvador's social security institute, which insures formal workers, pensioners and their families and runs its own health services, including an oncology building with radiotherapy.

## Summary

The Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social insures contributing workers and pensioners, with spouses and children registered as beneficiaries (its service guide). IAEA DIRAC lists the ISSS oncology building at 1a calle poniente and 25 avenida norte, San Salvador, with three linear accelerators, one brachytherapy unit and a CT scanner (entry last updated 2025). OnCo did not find a published list of the cancer treatments it covers. Coordinates are DIRAC's.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: ISSS; Salvadoran Social Security Institute
- City: San Salvador, SV
- Type: government
- Website: https://www.isss.gob.sv

## Sources

- ISSS: home page: https://www.isss.gob.sv/
- ISSS: service guide: https://www.isss.gob.sv/guia-de-servicios/
- IAEA DIRAC: directory of radiotherapy centres, equipment by operator: https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight

## Connected records

- institutions: [Centro Nacional de Radioterapia (El Salvador)](https://onco.cc/institutions/centro-nacional-radioterapia-el-salvador/), [International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope](https://onco.cc/institutions/iaea/), [Liga Contra el Cáncer de El Salvador](https://onco.cc/institutions/liga-contra-el-cancer-el-salvador/)

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