Heart Attack in Mexico
In May of 2015 I posted information on my heart attack while in Canada with the comment that I don't think I would have survived if I had been in Mexico. I am now posting a brief story of what can hap...
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Mex, I hear you.
Thanks for reminding the importance of self-monitoring, small oxymeters and BP machines with digital readout is a no-brainer. Nobody after 65 should travel without one.
But, what this sad subject has started from - there was nobody able to stabilize a patient with heart attack in Kino Bay, and in similar size town of Aleman 50 km North. Greenhorns fresh after medical school doing community service in towns where they don't want to be.
Qtla, it's nice to hear about the big world and airports out there :). In central Baja where I spend winters, the closest airport is 100 miles away and if somebody would try boarding in a wheelchair, they would need a crane or forklift. The only way to get in is climbing stairs. IMSS hospital in Sta Rosalia is a bad joke. Guerrero Negro - same. The closest private hospital is in Loreto, 200 miles from GN, don't know how good but this is 200 miles.
On the Mainland few years ago a resident doctor from Patzcuaro area in Michoacan was interviewed where indigent locals are getting help, and why they don't go to IMSS Patzcuaro. His answer: there is no surgeon and clinic is terribly understuffed. Don't know if this has drastically changed since then, but have some doubts.
Thanks for reminding the importance of self-monitoring, small oxymeters and BP machines with digital readout is a no-brainer. Nobody after 65 should travel without one.
But, what this sad subject has started from - there was nobody able to stabilize a patient with heart attack in Kino Bay, and in similar size town of Aleman 50 km North. Greenhorns fresh after medical school doing community service in towns where they don't want to be.
Qtla, it's nice to hear about the big world and airports out there :). In central Baja where I spend winters, the closest airport is 100 miles away and if somebody would try boarding in a wheelchair, they would need a crane or forklift. The only way to get in is climbing stairs. IMSS hospital in Sta Rosalia is a bad joke. Guerrero Negro - same. The closest private hospital is in Loreto, 200 miles from GN, don't know how good but this is 200 miles.
On the Mainland few years ago a resident doctor from Patzcuaro area in Michoacan was interviewed where indigent locals are getting help, and why they don't go to IMSS Patzcuaro. His answer: there is no surgeon and clinic is terribly understuffed. Don't know if this has drastically changed since then, but have some doubts.
