IMO, that's where the DR system fails. Rehab is an afterthought, like in the US 25 years ago.
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Hip Replacement Surgery
Don't know about other cities but SD has several rehap centers. people that I know have used them were very happy. Don't know about hip replacement but know a couple with knee replacements done at Abreu that were pleased with both the operation an rehab they received.
Not as bad than as some people might think
many foreigners come to the DR to do this type of surgery in the DR.
Cedimat for example is a clinic that does not has to fear any US Competition and the price is a fraction of what you would pay in the US.
Hi,
many foreigners come to the DR to do this type of surgery in the DR.
Cedimat for example is a clinic that does not has to fear any US Competition and the price is a fraction of what you would pay in the US.
He also has an office in Clinica Abreu. First door on the right when you walk in the front door. He's operated on me as well.
I had a HIFU prostate treatment in Cedimat. Cost was less than half what it runs in the US. In and out the same day. Done by Dr. Cruz Pineda. (Urologist)
It's the only place you can get it done in the Caribbean.
Not an everyday poster here...like many. But I have to wonder why a good number of regular posters remain in the country? Negative thread after negative thread. I just had 2 friends get hip replacements within the month here...one a double replacement. He is doing fine and the other going through rehab. Personally I have nothing but good experience in hospitals for the limited issues I have gone in for...including that of my young daughters.
Sometimes I wonder is this is simply a forum for grumpy cynical people. Never seem to be happy with anything.
Sometimes I wonder is this is simply a forum for grumpy cynical people. Never seem to be happy with anything.
Tell me it ain't so?
Right on!
I'll trust many Dominican medical facilities to perform any procedures on me without any hesitation at all.
Agreed. This being a major operation, you need an expert, i.e a very experienced surgeon. Had one hip replaced in Canada in 2014. Pain went away. Then physio and follow ups. Too many things can go wrong, one of them being infection. If something goes wrong, then you could be crippled for the rest of your life. Find the best surgeon is my recommendation and do everything that he tells you to do.
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some guys will never be happy anywhere. their problem is that they think that where they are is the negative. they don't realize that it is them.
JDfriend, # 35:
......."Find the best surgeon is my recommendation and do everything that he tells you to do."
It's very important. I follow the
recommendations of the physician consistently and it works
every day better (operation of medial femoral neck fracture and implantation of a new
hip) Mid-July 2018
It will still take some time until I ride my bike, for example.
But I can walk without crutches, work in the garden,
swim .
Patience is called for, "the grass does not grow faster,
if you pull on it."
......."Find the best surgeon is my recommendation and do everything that he tells you to do."
It's very important. I follow the
recommendations of the physician consistently and it works
every day better (operation of medial femoral neck fracture and implantation of a new
hip) Mid-July 2018
It will still take some time until I ride my bike, for example.
But I can walk without crutches, work in the garden,
swim .
Patience is called for, "the grass does not grow faster,
if you pull on it."
There are guy who could be in the Playboy Jacuzzi full of girls and complain about the temperature of the water.
My father had hip surgery here in PP and it ended up wrong size and caused infection. It took 9hr surgery to take it back out in the US, and put a temporary in, and then put a permanent in. I would only have this done at HOMS or best hospital in Sto Dgo, if at all here in DR
If you have health insurance, why would you go to a third world country to get major surgery? While there are some really good doctors in DR, they don't practice hygiene like in developed countries. Even then, infections are rampant. Go to the US and get the surgery. Something goes wrong you can file a claim and get enough money to be taken care off. In DR, it gopes wrong, you are screwed!
You got lucky Purlavik. At the "plaza de salud? Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.