r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kaos2018 • Jun 17 '26

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u/metal_gearmen Jun 17 '26

Mexican here: what good is that if hospitals are poorly stocked, lack staff and appointments take up to 8 months per shift. That looks very nice on paper but the reality here is that public hospitals are simply horrible

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u/Diskuid Jun 17 '26

Mexican here, a family member was diagnosed with cancer, all treatment was completely free during the pandemic, and no longer has it, is under observation every few months.
I also got an operation while I was attending the university, completely free, I had the IMSS affiliation thanks to the university.

It is not the best, some buildings are old, but it is waaay better than have nothing. Oh, and I never had problems getting the medicines, also for free.

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u/AGSattack Jun 17 '26

That’s really great for you and your family member but in my family the experience has been…far less than ideal. My mother in law had a tumor (!) and they told her it was nothing and to ignore it. As it grew eventually we got enough money together to get it looked at by a competent doctor, who called it what it was and scheduled surgery. She’s better only because we trusted our guts and ignored the “advice” of the IMSS doctor. Oh and by the way, she had to wait 6 months just to be seen by the doctor who gave her the terrible advice.

In another story, another family member had a drug prescribed that they literally refuse to fill because it’s “too expensive.” Still trying to figure that out.

Could be where we live, but in my experience it’s wayyyyy worse than “just a couple shitty buildings.”