The nurse at my work just told me about "a bunch" of people who have come back from Mexico with post op infections and end up eating out of a tube and peeing out of a tube?

Now they dont do the surgery in my city and she said she called the hospital to find out more information.

I told her if nobody died then im good to go. I think shes trying to scare me.

Has anyone heard of this?

The only problem I see is the issue of legal responsibility if something goes wrong. Had a thread here were a girl had her esophagus banded instead of her stomach, and no way to recoup her expenses for the later surgery.

Well if it is true sounds like someone used an inexperienced surgeon. I am sure if we looked we could find just as many horror stories from people being banded in the US

And there is still the issue of legal responsibility. Don't start arguing a point I never made. Infections and surgical mistakes happen, my point is if they happen here in US, you have legal recourse where you do not in Mexico. People should be allowed to discuss real issues without board members taking it personal.

I have no idea if the risks are greater or not, as no one here does. But the legal ramifications are not equal.

ya for sure. I heard that one too, but how would they mix up the two? crazy. Im so nervous after talking to the nurses that i feel bad that my mom is getting it with me. What if she goes through that stuff and i dont? It would be my fault because i showed her what it was..

Well i suppose all i could do is pray......

if something like that happened i would just have to pay for it to be removed..