Another recent Medical experience

Last month my wife suffered a perforated colon and subsequent sepsis that required immediate attention. Our doctor wanted her to report to SAT hospital immediately for stabilization. She was given an immediate antibiotic IV to control the sepsis and then evaluated for the next steps. She required immediate surgery. SAT quoted us $500K to 600K for the surgery and subsequent 5 night stay. Our doctor said this was ridiculous and started calling around to surgeons and hospitals in Guadalajara. We ended up at Hospital Santa Margarita with an awesome surgeon. The hospital is old but very well maintained. The staff didn't speak English but we made out fine with google translate. They don't get many gringos, so we were kind of celebrities. I would not hesitate to use them again.

The total bill for the surgeon and 5 nights hospital stay at Hospital Santa Margarita was $245K ($140K surgeon, $85K Hospital) .... which was less than half of what SAT wanted. The surgeon just came to our house from Guadalajara to remove the staples from the surgery as he didn't want us to have to drive into Guadalajara again. Absolutely a good experience. SAT charged us $24K for the one-night stay and antibiotics and another $4K for the ambulance to transport her to Santa Margarita Hospital. They also tried adding another $5K for emergency room but our doctor caught that and pointed out to them we didn't use the emergency room. SAT seemed very pissed off we were leaving. They are almost criminal with their charges......


On another note….,a friend was just diagnosed with the newest variant of Covid. It is pretty bad so far. The doctor told them that the local hospitals would not accept her so they are moving IV and Oxygen machines over to her house where they will look after her there. Be aware of this if you get covid......

Plz pm me the name of your doc, I'm looking for a doc like that who watches out for you.

Sent.

Best wishes to Sharon for her recovery.

Thanks for sharing Bob and a speedy recovery for Sharon. What your Doctor did is the kind of experience that we had a few times with the late Dr. Lastra. There are some outstanding smaller, older hospitals in Guadalajara along with some outstanding surgeons. I'm LOL here when I remember my hubby getting a hip replacement in a maternity hospital there.
I am still grateful that there are hospitals here as the first jumping off point in an emergency though.

Ditto

Plz pm me the name of your doc, I'm looking for a doc like that who watches out for you.

Thanks for sharing Bob. I am having surgery in Guadalajara soon for cataracts. It is not a hospital but a clinic, Oftalia. My personal doctor also thought the price for this procedure was to high and was able too negotiate a lesser price with her. Blessings and all good wishes for Sharon.

Thanks for all the good info, Bob, so sorry to hear Sharon has had problems.
Best of luck to Sharon for a speedy and full recovery.

That has been my experience. the San Antonio hospital is overpriced , I guess that is the price to pay for convenience but igfyou want to get things cheaper and well done go to Guadaljara, That is what I have done for the last 20 years. I only use the hospitals or clinic i Ajijic for convenience or emergency but for surgery I go to Guadalajara.