I'm in Tijuana at the moment and found out that there's been another Patient Death at A Lighter Me (ALM) with Dr. Jose Luis Curiel Marchena . The patient death occurred about 3-4 weeks ago. I found out about this from my contact at the US Consulate here in Tijuana.

This is awful news. I take it that this is a problem with that Dr and facility. I hope others who are scheduled with this one will read.

My heart goes out to the child!

I'm not sure I believe this. You can't bring a 14 year old there in the first place. Sounds like someone trying sabotage someone.

How sad! I hope she gets home asap!!! Prayers

33 minutes ago, Trinkapoo said:

I'm not sure I believe this. You can't bring a 14 year old there in the first place. Sounds like someone trying sabotage someone.

I've verified that this is 100% true. You can't bring a 14 year old there? Where are you getting your info? You most definitly can. You do have to be pretty foolish to bring a child alone with you to Mexico. I see many patients that come with children but always bring another adult.

1 hour ago, Trinkapoo said:

You can't bring a 14 year old there in the first place.

Sure you can. Why wouldn't a 14 year - old be allowed in Mexico?

Poor kid - to lose a parent so suddenly and at such a young age and then to be far from home - I can't imagine.

When you go to ALM your companion must be 18 and older and if you verified 100percent then name your source.

That poor child. How tragic to lose her mother like that.

9 minutes ago, Trinkapoo said:

When you go to ALM your companion must be 18 and older and if you verified 100 percent then name your source.

I am 100% sure that this patient died after having surgery with Dr. Jose Luis Curiel Marchena . What I'm not certain yet is if the patient was a private patient of Dr. Jose Luis Curiel Marchena or an A Lighter Me (ALM) patient.

We can just ask the owner of ALM @Sandy Johnson to verify is this is true or false. She is a longstanding member of BariatricPal forums and has verified these types of stories previously.

Wow. Poor woman. Poor daughter. RIP. I hope the girl made it home safely.

This is so sad!

But you said you were 100% sure? Who is your source?

Alex, are you a bariatric surgeon?

I wonder what might have happened to cause the bleed out. Age, medications, conditions, etc. So us future patients can know beforehand to be a little bit saver. Best wishes to the family. 14 is and awful age to lose your mother.

3 hours ago, Trinkapoo said:

But you said you were 100% sure? Who is your source?

He gave you a source at the clinic to confirm with.

I hope it's only coincidence that you joined around the time that woman died and have only surfaced to post on this exact thread calling for a source.

49 minutes ago, maggieO said:

Alex, are you a bariatric surgeon?

Why would it matter if he is or isn't?