CER Hospital Hospital

I know three people who had surgery here - my mom, myself and a friend's daughter (NOW DECEASED).

- My mom had surgery at 58. She had previous abdominal surgery. They did not take this into consideration and processed her through their surgery mill.

She ended up going to the ER a week after surgery as they had pulled her drain too quickly and she spontaneously started gushing blood and fluid from her abdomen.

Had they tailored her care to her actual needs, this obviously wouldn't have happened.

So budget for a $20,000 ER trip just in case!

- I had surgery at 27. I was healthy, no previous conditions, no complications from the surgery. I did, however, have very poor pain management.

- My friend's daughter immediately had complications, extreme pain, etc after surgery. It was clear something was very wrong from the outset.

After months of living hell, they did a 6 hour exploratory surgery stateside through a 12 inch incision down the front of her abdomen. Her stomach was in her intestines and her jejunum was upside down.

After almost two years of living hell, my friend's daughter DIED at 32. When she passed, she weighed 80 pounds. She is survived by her two young children, husband, parents and grandparents.

This beautiful, radiant girl passed away from multiple organ failure and malnutrition. Despite wanting desperately to be healthy and thrive the surgery so destroyed her body that she starved to death.

I don't know where to begin really, I was very upset and emotional after my experience with him. I had a very long detailed review written up but kept putting off posting it because I didn't feel I could even deal with thinking about it more. I will say when I researched him I saw a few negative reviews but they always disappeared and since I was determined to get the surgery I went ahead full steam telling myself the negatives must've been flukes and I was sure I wouldn't be one. Clearly that was not the case however and I so badly regret having him do my surgery. I was lied to, and myself and another patient caught some very upsetting things going on just before the surgery in the operating room and after. Honestly I'm still scarred and too upset to retype it all. I just couldn't handle the guilt of not putting out a warning any longer and having someone else suffer from my silence. Do I still believe in the sleeve itself? Absolutely, great tool, and with a different provider and better experience I wouldn't experience extreme anxiety attacks even thinking about it or what happened. Please thoroughly research, after the surgery the Mexico transportation driver kept mentioning alot of people had no clue when it came to him that people tend to seek out the positive reviews and I found that horrifying that even the driver knows alot more negative stuff than most are aware of.

I had the single incision gastric sleeve done just thee days ago by Dr Garcia. I am so pleased how professional everyone is. First I'll start out with the hotel. It is very comfortable, nice, and the staff are so supportive to the patients who come in.
The doctors and nurses are so well organized and constantly making rounds to patients. Dr Garcia visited his patients before and after surgery. Honestly, the staff blew my mind how great they were at their job. Far better care then the nurses back home. There was three other ladies that day who got the traditional gastric sleeve and I never heard anything negative. The rooms were above standard and comfortable with everything you need during your stay. Thank you Tijuana Baratrics for a successful experience!

I can't say enough good things about Dr. Garcia, his staff at Tijuana Bariatrics, and all the nurses and doctors at Hospital CER. I was nervous about travelling to Mexico to have my surgery but was put at ease as soon as we arrived at the facility. CER is modern, clean and comfortable. I was taken care of every minute of every day (and night). The surgery was much less painful than I thought it would be and except for a bit of nausea the first night (which they controlled with medication), my recovery was very easy. My incisions are small and healing nicely. I would highly recommend this surgeon to anyone considering travelling to Mexico for surgery. I had a great experience overall!

I only saw and visited with Doctor Garcia one time and that was minutes before my surgery. He was very soft spoken and direct. Asked if I had any questions and that was it. But I have to say, because of his expertise and professionalism, I never had a second of anxiety or discomfort after surgery. His entire team, from Ready4aChange Alma and Eduardo, nurses at Florence Hospital to his Assistant surgeon Doctor Velazco, made my WLS a success.

Dr kuru and his staff were wonderful!!! The level of professionalism and superior care is amazing!! I thought I was having a complication when I was a week post op and I called at 9 pm thinking I would speak to a nurse. Nope I got dr kuru at home answering the call. His staff is so helpful and the facility is beautiful!! I'm about 30 lbs away from my goal and couldn't be more happy!! 155 down so far! Thanks again de Kuru!!

Dr. Fernando Garcia is a wonderful surgeon. Very gentle, little to no bruising. Tomorrow will be one week since my surgery and my incisions almost completely healed, even where the drain tube was. Dr. Garcia has a wonderful bedside manner, very soft spoken and caring. I highly recommend him. In fact, my mom and my daughter are both saving money to have the procedure done and they will both be requesting Dr. Garcia.

What an amazing experience! I had THE most invasive and complicated of weight loss surgeries with Doctor Poncé and his assisting Surgeon Dr. Oskar. They are an excellent team! Fantastic bedside manner and personally advised me on post op care. Even now if I have any questions I can email Dr. Oskar or schedule a time to skype and he will help me through what ever I need. When people hear that I went to Tijuana they immediately think I was nuts. I am so glad I made this choice and would do it again in a heart beat! I went through Mexico Bariatric Center.

I was very pleased with Dr. Ponce De Leon

On August 5, 2013, I went to Dr Garcia for a revision surgery from sleeve to gastric bypass (RNY). Dr Garcia, Dr Velazco & his entire staff were awesome & very attentive. The hospital was very clean & a close walk to the beach.
I'm 4 days away from my 6 month post op date - I was 259 lbs when I started this journey & I'm 169 pounds now. I've lost 90 pounds in under 6 months! I have 44 more to go to goal.
I can't say enough good things about Dr Garcia & his staff... Being a paramedic, I was skeptical of having surgery in Mexico. After this experience, I can't recommend it strongly enough!
My ONLY regret was that I waited so long to have it done!

Don't wait!
Start living NOW!