Lee
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Looking for a Cardiologist in Cabo La Paz area?
Anyone know where to go with Cardio issues?
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Bill Collector
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Dr. Cuevas is one of the best. He flew with us to Guadalajara when my husband needed two stents..never left our side..he speaks English, you can
reach him any time
Dr. Edgar Cuevas Garcia -- Cardiologo
Cel: 044-612-150-8782
cuevasgared@yahoo.com.mx
In an emergency
044-612-104-6609
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Out of honest curiosity...
Why did you elect to go to Guadalajara for the surgery?
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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Lee
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And.... where did you fly from? In Baja?
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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Bill Collector
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Dr. Cuevas isn't happy with having the stents done in La Paz or Cabo. He felt it was better to go over there, the hospital has a better cath lab..We
trusted his knowledge so we went there.. It was an over night stay, they go through the wrist, unlike the groin in the states..we flew over Saturday
morning with Dr. Cuevas, flew back Sunday evening..
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Bill Collector
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We flew out of La Paz..Dr. Cuevas meet us at the airport..he took Rods vitals, called the hospital in Guadalajara to let them know we were on the
way..once we arrived at the hospital with in 10 minutes both Dr. and Rod were gowned up and Rod was on the table..it was another 1/2 hr before they
came and asked for information on Rod..Never did they ask ahead of time for payment of any kind..since then, there's been 3 others here in Los
Barriles that's been over to Guadalajara with Dr. Cuevas..
Good luck
Barb
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bajajudy
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I go to Dr Alejandro Velderrain.
Marinos casi esq. Barco, Col. Chamizal, San Jose del Cabo
624 142 3031
drheart at prodigy dot net dot mx
Fortunately I have never had to have any surgery but I have a friend who also went to Guadalajara with Alejandro.
He speaks excellent English.
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Do you have coverage in the U.S. and what are your issues?
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The philosophy behind this is very interesting. As you may know or may not know, Dr. Susarrey the cardiologist owns Cardiomed. That is the only
facility in Ensenada that does stents and/or angioplasty. Many people like going to Velmar Hospital because they mention that the ER is much more
accessible there than at Cardiomed. However, one of the cardiologists in Ensenada that sees patients there will not refer any of his patients to
Cardiomed. Instead, he sends them on a 2 and a half hour trek to Mexicali for any invasive cardiovascular procedure. Why would anyone do that when
time is of the essence in these procedures and opening up a blocked artery is a very time dependent factor? | Quote: | Originally posted by Bill Collector
Dr. Cuevas isn't happy with having the stents done in La Paz or Cabo. He felt it was better to go over there, the hospital has a better cath lab..We
trusted his knowledge so we went there.. It was an over night stay, they go through the wrist, unlike the groin in the states..we flew over Saturday
morning with Dr. Cuevas, flew back Sunday evening.. |
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Bill Collector
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In my husbands case there was NO emergency..if there had been we'd taken care of it right away. His artery was not totally blocked. It was taken care
of in a reasonable time frame...again we trust our Cardiologist, we did what was needed without any type of emergency time frame..
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Paula
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My husband went with Dr. Cuevas to Guadalajara for surgery at Bernadette Hospital. Drs. Cuevas and Najar were in charge of his care, it was
excellent.
Follow up in the states confirmed that his care was first rate. Hope we never have to go through that again, but Dr. Cuevas is who we would call.
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Bill Collector
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Same doctors, same hospital that my husband went to..I agree we don't want to do that again but Dr Cuevas #1
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