Foolish American

medical tourism nightmare in san jose costa rica

Costa Rica is the worst place for medical tourism. I was butchered there myself and have since spoke to many other people who were butchered over there. If your going to get any medical or dentistry abroad please pick another country. Stay away from Csta Rica and mexico. To see my personal nightmare go to u-tube and click on my channel kimberly4064. It covers your lack of legal rights when butchered in this country as well. God Bless, Kimberly

I was also butchered in Costa Rica for medical tourism dentistry from Doctor Alberto Coto Calvo. He changed the name of his business to "Implant and Cosmetics Solutions " and moved his practice to another location in San Jose. This man refused to pay to fix my teeth also. I've spoke to many people since this happened to me who were also butchered in Costa Rica. Mexico and Costa Rica are the worst places for medical tourism. I have a u-tube video on my personal nightmare. "he really screwed me up bad " !!! You can find my story under my u-tube channel kimberly4064. I' glad you are also warning other people. Very sorry to hear of your experience over there.

I did hire a Costa Rican attorney and I had plenty of medical evidence. I even had 3 different Costa Rican dentists ( including one dentist who was on the board for approved opinions with the Dental Coleigo ). All 3 Costa Rican dentists concured with the American dentist for severe criminal negligence. Unfortunately, all that mattered at the Coleigo board meeting was the fact that I complained publically about Doctor Coto. It was explained to me that it is a felony to speak against the reputation of a Costa Rican citizen unless or until that person has first been found guitlty of a crime in a Cosa Rican court of law. It did not matter that I filed those complaints on line about Doctor Coto from my own home in America. I had to flee Costa Rica immediately to avoid being arrested. As far as filing criminal charges or a law suite is concerned, my attorney told me that Doctor Coto would just bribe an official and make the case go away. My only hope was with the Costa Rican dental Coleigo and they cared nothing about justice. Doctor Coto didn't graduate from medical school in miami, he only took a class there. It's not the same thing, but, he tries to make it sound the same. Your legal system in Costa Rica is very corrupt. There is no justice for Americans who are butchered by medical tourism in Costa Rica. I do appriciate your kind words but, I had already tried everything legally possible to make Doctor Coto pay to have my teeth fixed. Unfortunately, your system works against the America victim of botched medical tourism ! Have a nice day ...

I needed a some dental work done and while I was there I decided to get a cosmetic make over with the veneers. My teeth were actually pretty but, I didn't like the color of them. It was much cheaper than in the U.S. so I did it. I would give anything to have my old teeth back. I assume you are on this site because you are looking into getting some dentistry in costa rica. You can get dental work done pretty reasonable at your local dental school. The teacher is watching over them the whole time and will jump in if they ever need to. You might have to wait a little while to get in but, it's worth it. If you have an emergency, you can call them and tell them why and they might get you in right away. I was able to get in on an emergency basis for root canals. Thank you for your kind words. I really don't want this to keep happening to people. Please don't take the same horrable risk that I did. God Bless, Kimberly

Doctor Coto has since changed the name of his business to Implant and Cosmetics solutions. You might want to watch my latest video on my nightmare with medical tourism on utube. My utube channel is kimberly4064