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Health Services in Tijuana
Located across the border from San Diego, Tijuana has gained a reputation as a raucous nightspot for military personnel on leave and young Southern Californians. It is also known as a major port for drug trafficking into the United States. Although Tijuana can be considered relatively safe, violent crime has been on the rise in recent years and people are advised to travel with a companion or two and stay away from more desolate parts of the city especially at night.
In response to demand, the streets of Tijuana are lined with pharmacies that dole out prescription drugs to North Americans seking low-cost pharmaceuticals. For medical care, we recommend making the short trip to San Diego. For those with Mexican health insurance or if emergency attention is needed, we highly recommend Hospital del Prado. This hospital has all the modern amenities and most of our recommended doctors have praticed or trained in the United States or Europe.
Clinics in Tijuana Hospital Del Prado
Calle Bugambilias 50
Fracc. El Prado
Tel. (664) 681-4900, 4901, 4902, 4903
Fax. (664) 681-6283
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Hospital del Prado is a family business, owned and operated by three physician-siblings who inherited the hospital from their parents. The facility is well equipped and ewell staffed with many board-certified, English-speaking physicians. Recent renovations have contributed to an elegant interior decor. For anything but the most rare of medical conditions we recommend this hopsital and its doctors without reservation. top
Doctors Dr. Hector Zepeda (Internal Medicine)
Address: Bugambilias 50-305 (Fracc. El Prado)
Work: (664) 681-4900
Home: (664) 621-9513
Fax: (664) 621-0891 Mobile: 044-664-628-4142
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Office hours: M-F: 10am-2pm and 5pm-7pm, Sat: 10am-3pm
House calls/hotel visits: yes
Standard price for office consultation:US$60 (600 pesos)
Languages spoken: English, Spanish Dr. Zepeda received his medical degree from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and completed his medical degree from the IMSS hopsital "La Raza" in Mexico City. Dr. Zepeda also completed various post-graduate courses in internal medicine at the University of San Diego.
Dr. Zepeda is a member of the Mexican Association of Internal Medicine and the Association of Internal Medicine of Tijuana. He is the chief of staff of the Department of Internal Medicine at Hospital Del Prado. Dr. Patricia Aubanel (Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Nuclear Cardiology)
Address: Bugambilias 50-305 (Fracc. El Prado)
Work: (664) 621-0262, 681-4900
Fax: (664) 621-0263, 621-0262
Mobile: 044-664-644-0866
Office hours: M-F: 10am-6.30pm, 10am-2pm
House calls/hotel visits: no
Standard price for office consultation:US$100 (1,000 pesos)
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Portugese, Italian Dr. Aubanel received her medical degree from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and completed her residency in internal medicine at Boston University, and her residency in cardiology at the University of Massachusetts. She also completed study in nuclear cardiology at Harvard Medical School and interventional cardiology at Scripps Clinic Research Foundation in La Jolla, California. Dr. Aubanel is a medical legend in Mexico, being the first physician in the country to perform coronary stenting, as well as serving in a capacity as part of Mother Theresa's medical team. Needless to say, no one having heart problems anywhere near Tijuana should have worries about medical care; they are in the best possible |
