Carol Schmidt
May 12, 2003, 10:16 PM
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Re: [Murray Friedman] Practicing medicine in Mexico
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Doctors often charge $10-15, with the best specialists in San Miguel charging $40 for a full hour, no charge for the quick visits to get test results or prescriptions. Friends in relationships with Mexican doctors complain that doctors are not as well respected generally, they don't get to work regular hours, they are called in at all hours even if they are not on call, and they certainly don't make the money U.S. doctors do. I've had excellent care from Mexican doctors in SMA--mine graduated from Vanderbilt, trained at Mt. Sinai, and is board certified, a fellow and a diplomate in internal medicine, the highest you can get. He gets his latest info on the net, exchanges info and things like colonoscopy images via the net with consultants, and I can get in to see him usually within a few hours the same day. He calls me with test results immediately, just like the idealized doctors of U.S. commercials. There are plenty of doctors in SMA. Lots of gringos still go back to the states for serious stuff, but many get excellent care from local hospitals, particularly Angeles Hospital in Queretaro, city of a million.
I wonder about your getting a work permit for Mexico, since you'd be taking a job a Mexican can do. Check it out elsewhere on MexConnect.
Carol Schmidt
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