Hospital Facilities in Tijuana: Please Give Reviews
I've been reading about the doctors in Tijuana. There are so many good ones, that I feel confident that whom ever I choose will be great. My question is about the hospital facility. The nurses and staff are the people who will do the majority of my care, so I want to make sure I am in a good facility. Where did you have your procedure and what was your experience? Thanks!!
It is important that whomever is planning to have surgery in Mexico, verifies the medical facilities are certified for bariatrics, as well as the surgeon, who should also be board-certified in bariatrics. It is not the same thing being a certified general surgery doctor, than a board-certified surgeon in bariatrics.
When a surgeon is board-certified in bariatrics, the facilities from which such surgeon practices, it is also certified. To verify the facilities and the surgeons, there is an official link by the Mexican Council for Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases, to which anyone can go to verify such credentials.
Mexican Council for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases
The list of board-certified surgeons and facilities is often updated. IF YOUR SURGEON/MEDICAL FACILITY IS NOT ON THAT LIST, then you are not going to a board-certified surgeon, but to someone who is only claiming to be board-certified. Same applies for the medical facilities. Bottom line is: beware of pseudo-surgeons wanting to make fast and easy money out of unsuspected people.
There is another list featuring the surgeons who are IN THE PROCESS of being BOARD-CERTIFIED IN BARIATRICS. Being on this other list DOES NOT mean the surgeon applying will be approved and certified in bariatrics. It only means the surgeon started the process, which may take months or even years to pass. If a surgeon's name is not moved from this list to the LIST OF BOARD-CERTIFIED SURGEONS, means one or several things, among which the most important are: (1) the surgeon has not approve all the tests; (2) the medical facilities have not complied with all the regulations and standards for safety, sanitation and patient care (this part is strictly supervised by the Mexican Federal Government's General Health Ministry).
Mexican Council for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases-Certifications in Process
The committee which supervises the Certification and Accreditation Programs headed by four of the top bariatric (weight loss) surgeons in the country (Mexico):
- Dr. Noé Nuñez. / Coordinator
- Dr. Juan Antonio López Corvala.
- Dr. Fernando Cerón Rodriguez.
- Dr. Pablo Zorrilla.
Hospital Angeles is the premier hospital in Tijuana. It is chosen by the US Consulate.
It is a full service modern facility with a blood bank, 24/7 ER and an active ICU. The have MRI, CT scan, interventional cardiologists and was an excellent experience. I had surgery in May with Dr. Juan Lopez Corvala. Many of the Mexican bariatric surgeons trained at the Hosp Angeles Bariatric Fellowship under his direction.
No regrets and reminded me of a modern medium sized US hospital.
