I need Help!
... or where to obtain Medical Help
By Michel Janicot
Every year here, we meet vacationing gringos and gringas who admit that their health here in the tropics isn’t quite the same as it was “back home.” Whether they are afflicted with heat prostration, nosebleeds, blistered feet, sprained ankles, dislocated shoulders, broken bones, digestive or stomach problems, bladder infections, skin rashes, malaria or dengue fever, Moctezuma’s revenge or a host of other corporal ailments, we invariably ask them, “Do you require emergency medical assistance?”
Most often they do not know where to turn to seek relief other than to ask other gabachos or gabachas. We thus provide our readers a list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the local hospitals and clinics. They are available 24 hours a day for any emergency.
- Hospital General, Dr. Bernardo Sepulvedo Gutierrez, on the road to Acapulco, right hand side, tel. 554-3650.
- Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS), left hand side of road leading to Acapulco, beside PEMEX gas station, tel. 554-2497 or 554-2285.
- Hospital de Especialidades, turn left by IMSS or PEMEX station, Avenida La Parota, two blocks up the street, corner of Calle Los Hujes, tel. 554-7628.
- Hospital Montejano, Dr. Juan Arturo Hernandez Montejano, Calle Juan Alvarez No. 3 tel. 554-5404. Dr Montejano also owns a private ambulance and performs cosmetic surgery.
- Clinica Morelos, Dr. Jose Maria Morelos Martinez, Calle Armada de Mexico No.4, across the street from the naval base tel. 554-1205.
- Clinica Macel, Dr. Jesús Maciel Vargas, Calle Palma, No. 40, tel. 554-2380.
- Cruz Roja Mexicana (Mexican Red Cross) Paseo de las Huertas No. 116, dial 065 from any phone without a phone card or 114 from any cell phone to request emergency and ambulance service. (See Another Day in Paradise, No. 41, Dec, 2005, for more information.)
- Secretaria de Marina Hospital Naval, Paseo Ixtapa s/n, in Ixtapa, tel. 553-0533
Doctors
- Dr. Rogelio Grayeb, Calle Nicolas Bravo No. 71-A. English-speaking physician in private practice. Provides air ambulance and prescription refills, makes house calls, even on Sundays, tel. 554-3334, 554-5041, 553-1711.
- Dr. Olivia Montufar Mendoza, Calle Antonia Nava No. 3. English-speaking physician in private practice, tel. # 044-755-108-2235
| The above list is intended solely for reference and informational purposes, based on medical care available here; no recommendations or claims are being made. For emergency care we recommend contacting the emergency services listed in this magazine; for non-emergency medical care, we advise researching your many options and seeking out personal recommendations. |
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