To help make your research easier, I have compiled the following videos, and hopefully everything else you could research along with these videos, to help you make an intelligent decision when selecting your physician if you do decide to go to Mexico to have your gastric sleeve.

These are the latest three videos that just aired, two in California and one in Florida:

http://www.10news.com/news/team-10/team-10-doctor-accused-of-injuring-and-killing-patients-shares-his-story

(January 14, 2016)

http://www.10news.com/news/team-10/patients-doctor-is-lying-about-injuries-suffered-during-weight-loss-surgeries?autoplay=true

(January 15, 2016)

http://www.wptv.com/video/more-videos

Menu/news/investigations/Almanza

(January 18, 2018)

****Here are the past videos to help you set the stage for the above videos - and/or to help you catch up on what is going on now:

http://www.10news.com/news/woman-in-coma-after-botched-surgery-in-mexico

(Angie Stidum May 12, 2015)

http://www.10news.com/news/team-10-dozens-injured-during-weight-loss-surgery-in-mexico

(July 2, 2015)

http://www.wptv.com/news/health/team-10-dozens-injured-during-weight-loss-surgery-in-mexico

(July 2, 2015)

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/i-team-florida-company-books-operations-for-mexican-doctor

(July 27, 2015)

http://www.10news.com/news/team-10-investigates-agency-responsible-for-booking-bariatric-surgery-that-is-injuring-patients

(July 27, 2015)

http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/south-florida-company-blamed-for-patient-injuriesdeaths-by-in-doctor-mexico

(July 28, 2015)

http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/new-concerns-over-a-south-florida-booking-company-sending-patients-to-mexico

(July 31, 2015)

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/another-death-following-weight-loss-surgery-booked-by-florida-company

(July 31, 2015)

http://www.10news.com/news/team-10/new-concerns-over-a-south-florida-booking-company-sending-patients-to-mexico

(July 31, 2015 Death of Carla Laster)

http://www.10news.com/news/team-10/mom-of-5-latest-to-die-after-weight-loss-surgery-081115

(August 11, 2015)

http://www.10news.com/news/team-10-first-formal-complaints-filed-against-weight-loss-doctor-081915

(August 19, 2015)

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/patients-travel-to-mexico-to-complain-to-the-government-about-questionable-weight-loss-surgeon?autoplay=true

(August 19, 2015)

http://www.katc.com/story/30527533/the-cost-of-thin-part-1-the-dangers-of-medical-tourism-a-growing-problem

(November 16, 2015)

http://www.katc.com/story/30528013/the-cost-of-thin-part-2-the-dangers-of-medical-tourism-a-warning

(November 16, 2015)

With so many other reputable surgeons in Mexico, I still can't fathom why ANYONE ends up going to Almanza at this point....

With so many other reputable surgeons in Mexico, I still can't fathom why ANYONE ends up going to Almanza at this point....

He has a WLS website with many devoted followers; some are even quite militant about negative remarks about him.

He performs many more surgeries per day than most WLS surgeons, so for the same percentage of complications, he will have more total complications.

But given that, just the number of surgeries he reportedly performs per day (even with others opening and closing) is a concern. I like the mechanic who works on my car to have a lot of experience, but I don't want him to rush the repair of my car.

He did not perform my surgery, I can't speak first hand about his capability as a surgeon.

Edited January 20, 201610 yr by 4MRB4PHOTO

If anyone has had Almanza and had complications and would like to be included in the evidence for his trial, I can put you in contact with a medical group that has hired Mexican lawyers to navigate the Mexican court system. It's pretty staggering the amount of victims and his callousness.

He has a WLS website with many devoted followers; some are even quite militant about negative remarks about him.

I can sympathize with those who have already had surgery with him and NOT experience complications wanting to defend him. They want to validate their choice and by defending him, they are really defending their decision to have had surgery with him, which is a completely valid instinct.

What I can't wrap my head around is the number of people still signing up to have surgery with him at this point when there are so many more reputable, yet reasonably priced options. I don't get the appeal. If you have the option to have surgery with a less controversial and less questionable surgeon for the same price, why would you still choose this one? Even if the majority of the allegations against him are baseless and the whole thing is trumped up way more than it should be, why take that risk?

And I definitely agree with you that the number of surgeries he does per day is alarming. My surgeon's office had two surgeons and did six surgeries per day and that was the upper limit I was comfortable with.