Thread: 2 Women's Dream Vacations Turn Into Nightmares (Mexico)

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/new ... etail.html

Here's four accounts of improper or financial blackmail for medical care in Mexico .. wonder how many more are unreported! Technically, these people were there illegally , so they should have gotten FREE MEDICAL SERVICES!

See also http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-971.html
See also http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-956.html

2 Women's Dream Vacations Turn Into Nightmares
POSTED: 1:29 pm EST March 21, 2005
UPDATED: 5:55 pm EST March 21, 2005

One local woman's vacation took a tragic turn in Mexico, and another came close to a similar fate.
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It's well worth a visit to the link to view these videos and see how horribly American citizens were treated when requiring urgent medical care in Mexico. I've viewed them .. suggest you hear the stories for yourself. They will make you hopping mad!
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Marlene Minkus suffered a massive stroke and collapsed at the resort near Cancun where she was staying with her husband, Ken.

"After we got to the hospital, her hand was all swelled up," Ken Minkus told Channel 4 Action News. "They didn't put the IV in the vein. They stuck it in her skin, and all that was going in her hand."

Ken Minkus said the hospital threatened to send his wife to a smaller facility if he could not pay the $7,000 bill for her first two days of care. His credit cards were not accepted as payment.

Marlene's trip insurance company wouldn't fly her back to Pittsburgh on an air ambulance because doctors thought she only had hours to live, so Ken chartered the aircraft with help from Marlene's sister. Marlene made it to a Pittsburgh hospital in time to see her newborn grandchild.

Doctors ended Marlene's life support after the quick visit, and she died 45 minutes later. Ken now owes $60,000 that it took to get her home.

Meanwhile, a vacationing college student who ended up in a Mexican hospital might still be there if not for a relatively small amount of money that she spent before the trip.

Spring breaker Katie Ward was with her college friends in Cancun when she suffered a stroke due to a hole in her heart muscle that she never knew she had.

"My friends thought I was joking around and I was trying to tell them that my arms felt like they were asleep and my words were slurred," she told Channel 4 Action News.

After being required to pay $1,000 up front, Ward's hospital proved to be insufficient for her needs.

Fortunately, Ward's $43 travel insurance covered the cost for a medical ambulance to fly her home.

She's now recovering at a Pittsburgh hospital.

Thanks for posting this warning for people travelling to Mexico. What a nightmare.

Originally Posted by ForeverYoung

Thanks for posting this warning for people travelling to Mexico. What a nightmare.

The US Consul has issued a warning to college students going to Mexico on spring break too!

See http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-965.html for that story.

A good friend just returned from a cruise trip to Cozamal. He learned of another traveler's unfortunate luck in Mexico. A couple on an earlier cruise trip had opted to rent motor scooters in Cozamal to sight-see. The woman never made it out of the rental lot. She hurt her leg and bent a fender on the scooter.

The hospital doctor showed her an X-ray which clearly indicated that she had a broken leg. A cast was put on and her credit card was charged several thousand dollars. On returning to Austin she went to her regular doctor. X-rays were taken again. They indicated that the leg was not broken only sprained and bruised. The doctor told her that such unethical acts were not uncommon for medical "professionals" in Mexico to pull on gringos.

outlander,
Welcome a board.

Seems people just will not listen and keep on going down to olr mecico where they are ripped off in many ways.

Originally Posted by outlander

A good friend just returned from a cruise trip to Cozamal. He learned of another traveler's unfortunate luck in Mexico. A couple on an earlier cruise trip had opted to rent motor scooters in Cozamal to sight-see. The woman never made it out of the rental lot. She hurt her leg and bent a fender on the scooter.

The hospital doctor showed her an X-ray which clearly indicated that she had a broken leg. A cast was put on and her credit card was charged several thousand dollars. On returning to Austin she went to her regular doctor. X-rays were taken again. They indicated that the leg was not broken only sprained and bruised. The doctor told her that such unethical acts were not uncommon for medical "professionals" in Mexico to pull on gringos.

Outlander,

Welcome to ALIPAC! Thanks for sharing this story. This is outrageous! What is the solution ...well this one is easy .. don't go to Mexico on vacation .. cut off those tourist dollars .. boycott travel to Mexico.

I'd never go down there .. I was across the border from El Paso for dinner 25 years ago and I was quite uncomfortable then ... just the uneasiness of being in another country under another's authority. I was glad when we crossed back into the US and I hope nothing ever requires me to visit that corrupt nation again.

Again, welcome!

watchman

This was very sad to hear that she died because of the doctors mistake, they all give importance to the money other then the life. If they had inserted it at the right place and not in the skin then maybe she would have been with us.

Originally Posted by watchman

Ken Minkus said the hospital threatened to send his wife to a smaller facility if he could not pay the $7,000 bill for her first two days of care. His credit cards were not accepted as payment.

Doctors ended Marlene's life support after the quick visit, and she died 45 minutes later. Ken now owes $60,000 that it took to get her home.

Just think, millions of illegals come here to the USA and wave their flags and demend that the American tax payer pay their and insurance. If Mexico treats their legal guests this way imagine what service they give their illegals.

Where's the outrage from human rights groups?? If Mexico can do this to tourists, we can certainly demand payment from their citizens who are here illegally. Can't pay? Too bad, can't help ya!

Marlene Minkus suffered a massive stroke and collapsed at the resort near Cancun where she was staying with her husband, Ken.

"After we got to the hospital, her hand was all swelled up," Ken Minkus told Channel 4 Action News. "They didn't put the IV in the vein. They stuck it in her skin, and all that was going in her hand."

Ken Minkus said the hospital threatened to send his wife to a smaller facility if he could not pay the $7,000 bill for her first two days of care. His credit cards were not accepted as payment.

Can you imagine an illegal invader being treated like this in this country! Not only would they scream to high hell, they would find some bottom feeding attorney and slap a multi-million dollars lawsuit against the doctor and hospital...and win!