arbitration · Mexico
CONAMED (National Medical Arbitration Commission)
Federal body handling medical malpractice complaints and mediating disputes between patients and healthcare providers in Mexico. Issues non-binding opinions and maintains public records of arbitration outcomes. A key redress channel for international patients.
Key facts
- Body:
- Comisión Nacional de Arbitraje Médico (CONAMED), Mexico
- Role:
- Federal body handling medical malpractice complaints and mediating disputes between patients and healthcare providers
- Type:
- Complaints and arbitration body, not a licence register: the registry records no practitioner lookup for CONAMED
- Opinions:
- Issues non-binding opinions
- Complaint route:
- Online 'queja médica' conciliation page on gob.mx/conamed
- Outside Mexico City:
- The complaint page points to the state arbitration commissions (Comisiones Estatales de Arbitraje Médico)
Complaint pathway
Atención de quejas médicas | Comisión Nacional de Arbitraje Médico | Gobierno | gob.mx
“Si consideras que has recibido una atención médica inadecuada, tienes derecho a presentar una queja para su análisis y posible resolución.”
Conciliation route; outside Mexico City the page points to the state arbitration commissions (Comisiones Estatales de Arbitraje Médico).
Documented from the page on 2026-10-04.
What is CONAMED?
CONAMED (Comisión Nacional de Arbitraje Médico) is a Mexican federal body that handles medical malpractice complaints and mediates disputes between patients and healthcare providers. It issues non-binding opinions.
Can I use CONAMED to check a doctor's licence?
No. CONAMED is a complaints and arbitration body, and our record documents no practitioner register or licence lookup for it. Do not treat CONAMED as a place to verify a doctor's qualifications or registration.
How do I make a medical complaint to CONAMED?
CONAMED's complaint page ('Atención de quejas médicas') says that if you consider you received inadequate medical care, you have the right to file a complaint (queja) for analysis and possible resolution. The page describes a conciliation route; open it from the complaint link on this page.
What if I was treated outside Mexico City?
Outside Mexico City the complaint page points to the state arbitration commissions (Comisiones Estatales de Arbitraje Médico), so check there for a complaint made about care in a state.
Are CONAMED's opinions legally binding?
Our record says CONAMED issues non-binding opinions. We have not documented what legal effect a conciliation outcome has, so ask CONAMED or a Mexican lawyer before relying on one.