Why I don’t hesitate to use Mexican hospitals

This is simply a communicative of 2 friends and astir what happened erstwhile thing went terribly incorrect connected our girls’ trip. I wanted to stock this to amusement that if, eden forbid, thing ever goes incorrect for you portion travelling successful Mexico, you shouldn’t hesitate to spell to a hospital.

Because they attraction astir the patient. There’s fantabulous aesculapian attraction from each the wellness professionals there: from nurses and doctors to administrative staff.

Hospitals crossed Mexico — particularly successful large tourer areas — connection excellent, modern attraction astatine a fraction of the terms of astatine home. (Hospital San Angel Inn)

Because not each girls’ trips extremity successful champagne and giggles. Ours didn’t.

Here’s what happened. 

The collapse

A beloved person and I went connected a small travel down to Tulum a mates of weeks ago. Nothing we hadn’t done before. Over the years, we’ve had galore small adventures. Her Type 1 diabetes has ne'er been an contented — until this time.

We had amusive for 2 days and went exploring the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve. Zooming astir connected vessel rides. Floating down a Mayan canal surrounded by orchids. Enjoying astonishing crystal pick (our question tradition) — you know, the accustomed girls’ travel stuff. 

Then, connected the greeting we were owed to travel home, she collapsed successful the street. 

The dreamy rivers of the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve. (Government of Mexico)

After sitting for a bit, I decided it was clip to spell get help. I was 5 minutes excessively late. She abruptly crumpled connected the curb. My worst fearfulness was happening earlier my eyes. You guessed it: diabetic coma present we come.

The chaotic taxi ride

The mediocre taxi driver. He pulled up, seeing maine trying to clasp my person up. Getting retired to assistance me, helium jokingly asked if she was drunk. It is Tulum, aft all, truthful I’m definite he’s seen that astatine 8:30 a.m. aft radical person been partying the nighttime away. 

But helium reacted rapidly erstwhile I told him that she was diabetic. We got her into the taxi and took disconnected for Costamed Tulum, 5 minutes away. Hand connected the horn, helium got america determination quick, the mediocre antheral looking astatine maine wild-eyed successful the rearview mirror, asking if she was breathing arsenic I tilted her caput backmost to guarantee a wide airway.

Just arsenic well. Because if we’d waited for an ambulance, the doc aboriginal said that she would person been successful a afloat diabetic coma. Not conscionable slipping into one. She whitethorn not person travel backmost out.

A speedy and responsive ER

He rushed into Costamed, reappearing a infinitesimal aboriginal with nurses and a wheelchair successful tow. They were fantastic. Quick to respond, professional, businesslike and precise caring. I was impressed.

We went done a speedy rundown of symptoms and timings portion they were already moving efficiently connected my friend. I dreaded what came next: contacting her husband. I didn’t privation to freak him out, which is hard, I know. So, I was precise thankful for their accelerated response. She was already coming to by the clip I made the call. 

That made talking with her hubby a batch easier. More of a “it’s okay, she’s recovering” benignant of call, alternatively than a “you request to travel to Tulum close now” benignant of call. After all, it would not person been an casual oregon speedy happening for him to do. We each unrecorded connected Cozumel, truthful determination would person been ferries and buses involved.

But my person was already coherent again and talking medications with the doctor, truthful determination was nary need. The doctors and staff’s fantabulous attraction had her backmost with america and chatting distant wrong fractional an hour. 

Costamed has the largest hopsital web successful the Mexican Caribbean and the Riviera Maya. (Costamed)

Phew, what a relief!

An English-speaking doc arrived wrong minutes of america getting to the E.R. I’m lone learning Spanish, truthful that was a relief. I mean, stammering distant successful Spanish, terrified I’d accidental the incorrect thing, is not however I wanted things to go. 

Another happening that impressed maine was that they fto maine stay. They didn’t footwear maine retired of the E.R. due to the fact that I wasn’t contiguous household oregon a spouse. Although astatine 1 point, I whitethorn person said I was to stay, but shhh, that tin beryllium our small secret. I’m definite you understand. 

Excellent attraction for a fraction of the price

After liaising with aesculapian unit and taking attraction of admin paperwork, the clip flew by. It felt similar we’d been determination for an hour, but it had been implicit four. It amazes maine that wrong that time, my beloved person was back, giggling astatine my jokes (someone has to), calling hubby to update him. Before you knew it, she’d bounced backmost to normal. 

What fantabulous care. In 4 and a fractional hours, each tests were done and redone, checked and rechecked, and my person was close arsenic rainfall and acceptable to beryllium discharged. You couldn’t inquire for a much caring, harmless situation oregon for amended fantabulous care. We were some precise thankful. 

The lone daze we had was the bill: Only US $500 for exigency care. That included specialists, humor enactment and an full aesculapian squad that ne'er near her side. That’s a precise affordable E.R. visit. 

I americium precise thankful for specified fantabulous aesculapian attraction and caring wellness professionals. And a large convey you to everyone astatine CostaMed Tulum!