Susy Wilson Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 We have lived here now for a little over 3 months. Both my husband and I have had dental work that was flat out cheap compared to NOB pricing and good quality work to boot. We chose Dr. Barragan's office after reading various reviews here and other boards/facebook pages and are extremely happy with his and his associates work. I had 3 teeth extracted and a new upper partial plate as well as full mouth ex-rays and 3 exams by 3 different specialists and to date the cost has been $421, crazy cheap for the care I have had. A couple of weeks ago we brought a friend to the Ajijic clinic/hospital for an emergency that included 2 stitches, meds, tetanus vaccination and emergency exam and the cost for that was about $115 US for very good service and care. My 85 year old mother arrived on Sunday the 22nd of Dec. for what we had hoped would be at least a month long visit and an eventual move here. She has a number of serious health concerns with a plethora of physicians NOB including diabetes, high blood pressure, bladder stones, some sort of growth on one of her kidneys, chronic anemia, a couple stents in her heart and a few other issues. She also had an aortic valve replacement 2 years ago and tests done before she came to visit showed that the valve was functioning properly but her heart has pulled away from the valve on one edge and there was some internal bleeding and fluid leakage that would need to be repaired once she returned NOB and the very good cardiologist she sees in Portland, OR gave her a prescription for a light diuretic to deal with that and keep the fluid from forming. Just 2 weeks before she came to visit she had 2 units of whole blood to treat her anemia. I tried to convince her to reschedule her flight until her health was a bit more under control but she would not hear of it. She chose to come as scheduled and we picked her up from the airport in Guadaljara as planned. That night she was very tired and pretty frail and we thought it was due to the stress of flying and the trip. The next day, Monday the 23rd she was much worse feeling like she could not breath and we ended up taking her to the Ajijic Clinic/Hospital where they did an EKG, gave her a different blood pressure medication and sent us home with instructions to call a local cardiologist for a house call. Yes.....I did say house call. I am sure people that already live here are aware that some physicians make house calls here but it was pretty incredible to us. The cost for the visit to the Ajijic Clinic/Hospital was $35 US. I found out that she had chosen not to take the prescribed diuretic because she did not want to have to pee all the time on her trip!!!! That was the cause of her breathing issues with build up of fluids in her chest:/ With the recommendation from the Ajijic Clinic/Hospital we called Dr. Moya and I believe they recommended him because he lives in Jocotepec which is close to where we live. Dr. Moya came to the house with a portable electro cardiogram and an ultrasound and said my mom was suffering from heart failure and needed to be hospitalized. He said she had fluid buildup around her heart and lungs and that is why she was having difficulty breathing which was consistent with her diagnosis NOB. He sent an associate, Dr. Antonio Herrera to go to the hospital in Guadalajara with us. We were checked into the Sanitorio Guadalajara which was an older catholic hospital but the people there were very nice and the room was incredibly large with a kitchenette, 2 bathrooms and an extra room for family to stay. To make a very long story a bit shorter, Dr. Herrera stayed with us in the hospital the full 3 nights my mom was being treated. Unfortunately Dr. Moya chose to do all the same labs and tests that my mother had just had done NOB even though we told him she could access them for him to see. She was released on Friday the 27th and was still pretty frail. We decided she should go back NOB to her own physicians for treatment until she was in a bit more of a stable condition. Dr. Moya took the hospital bill and did not give it to us. That was a big red flag for me. He did not give us any bill even though I continually requested it until Monday the 30th. It was not a separate bill for the hospital, just one bill from his office with the hospitalization listed on it. The total of the 3 day stay and all the labs and tests conducted with his fees was $99,247 pesos, just over $5150 US, and more than half of that was Dr. Moya's fees. We paid by credit card and he came to our home to collect that with his traveling credit card machine. That is of course way less than it would have been for such a stay NOB and we are grateful to the hospital and Dr. Herrera for the care my mom received. I was not really that happy with Dr. Moya or his practice of duplicating expensive procedures. We will not use his services again but he did help my mom all in all and that is what is most important. I am just posting this as a window into dental and emergency care here and the costs we have sustained as a result of it:-) It has been a very good learning experience and we will be sure to find primary care physicians that we feel comfortable with and trust moving forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bournemouth Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 I have been told, but have not confirmed, that Dr. Moya is the owner of the new cardiology clinic on the carretera in Ajijic, where the car wash used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Susy, I sent you a PM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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