I was scammed out of my money and didn’t get the surgery. We met with the Dr and had the consultation at a deceivingly fancy apartment in town, I liked what he said he wanted to do. (Other than the fact he refused to address my deviated septum and told me crooked noses cannot be fixed.) The Dr seemed normal but the assistant was one of the rudest people i’ve met (so much so that she made me cry) even though she spoke perfect english and understood my bf she kept choosing to not understand me. which should have been a sign but I had gone through so much and saved for so long to get the procedure that I decided to continue since she wasn’t the working on me so I paid and confirmed .. the next morning I sign into the clinic (stained chairs upfront) and get brought back to the room for next steps to prepare for the surgery and it’s absolutely filthy.. rusted IV pole, blackened base boards, dirty tables and stained fabric chairs & bed sheets. The nurse doing the EKG had to punch the machine to get it to work. I started crying again and had a panic attack in fear of malpractice & infection so I asked to talk to someone and the same assistant came in to deny my concerns and handed me a xannax saying I needed to calm down so we could continue because the doctor had a schedule. I called my mom’s nurse friend bc I felt I wasn’t wrong for my concerns and she told me those conditions were unacceptable for sanitation and to run fast. These are signs of improper sanitation and negligence. Rusted objects cannot be sanitized and impose strong risk of infection. They refused to refund me and denied all my concerns for sanitation. I sled if I can cancel and get a refund as I was NOT comfortable with the hospital conditions. She said they would contact me later and I could leave. She messages me later that afternoon saying they cannot refund me because the doctor could not book another appointment in time. Zero regards for me. Zero accountability for themselves. I feel so incredibly scammed, disappointed and entirely defeated. I now have to wait years to try and save again and pay off loans so I can find a USA doctor.
On top of that traumatic situation I can’t even breath in this city with how hot, smelly and polluted it is. Everyone is generally rude, the cabs are covered in nicotine residue, restaurants all have bad reviews including food poisonings they admit to, and our air bnb was dirty upon arrival. Even the water smells like sewage. We felt so incredibly uncomfortable that we decided to pay an extra 2k to change our flight and go home after 4 days of arrival. In total with travel, stay, and having to pay for the procedure I never received I am now down 12k and have loans I need to pay off. OVERALL DO NOT TRUST THIS DOCTOR. And I don’t recommend visiting the city.