DAVE WAS RIGHT AS USUAL AND THE ABOVE LINK JUST DIDN'T GET THE JOB DONE---Here is what I was talking about/
Dave - 9-27-2005 at 19:04
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Originally posted by Anonymous
How good is it? It is excellent. We have heard of a number of cases in which they received excellent care. The facilities might not what you've come
to expect in the US or Canada, but the doctors and staff are top notch, many of the Doctors having been trained in the US and Canada.
That depends on where you live. I would pay (and have) for private care for my employees and their families rather than subject them to the indignity
of IMSS care. (And I pay for their IMSS also.) In some areas it can be excellent but mostly it is far worse than average.
Expats should NOT avail themselves of this overburdened system. There are not enough dollars to go around as it is and those Mexicans who use the
system, by in large, use it out of necessity.
If you are legally living here, (having met the financial requirements), you can afford private Mexican health care.
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Baja Bernie - 9-27-2005 at 19:12
A very good friend of mine Hector------died about a year ago of cancer. He had a bit of trust in his govermental system and it killed him. He would go
to the hospital to get his chemo treatments and one week they would be there, The next week no treatment, We tried to help with what he would allow.
Back and forth walked a skelton. A guy with a family and a good friend of mine who enjoyed sparing with the thought of the ages. A guy who read books
and cared about life. He died because his government failed him at the young age of 43. Who the hell can smile at this?
[Edited on 9-28-2005 by Baja Bernie]comitan - 9-27-2005 at 08:27 PM
Bernie
The word about I.M.S.S. hospital and doctors is If you don't die before you get into the Hospital, you will get good care when into the hospital. I
might add who cares about pride when they are sick, a person just wants to get well, to hell with pride or whatever. Just because a foreigner
qualifies to live in Mexico does not necessarily mean they can afford private health care. There are those of us who live here because we can't afford
to live in the U.S.
[Edited on 9-28-2005 by comitan]Dave - 9-27-2005 at 08:32 PM
Bernie, I think you need to edit your link.Sallysouth - 9-27-2005 at 08:33 PM
Bernie, There is nothing there to read, just a blank space. Dave - 9-27-2005 at 08:35 PM
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Originally posted by comitan
The word about I.M.S.S. hospital and doctors is If you don't die before you get into the Hospital, you will get good care when into the hospital.
I would put it like this:
If you don't die before you get into the Hospital, you just might die waiting to get care... or after.comitan - 9-27-2005 at 08:38 PM
Dave
The consensus in La Paz is that the Hospital and Doctors are good, tho that may be arguable, but that is the feeling I get here.
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Dave
Baja Bernie - 9-28-2005 at 07:56 AM
Followed your advice and edited my original post--perhaps it will now make sense.osoflojo - 9-28-2005 at 11:36 AM
I am sure everyone has a story pro or con, but a friend of mine went into the IMSS hospital in Cabo a couple of years back for a hernia operation that
had been scheduled months in advance. After an 8 hour wait on a gurney they took him into the operating theater and began the operation without
anestetic. When he brought this to their attention in no uncertain terms they apologized to him and then gave him the gas. I guess it varys from place
to place but in CSL the word is the best medical care is found at the Nuns Hospital.
