“My husband, Keith, fell and broke his hip while he was recovering from a previous fall which broke his pelvis,” states Jan Gunn. “He had his first surgery in Hospital MAC in San Miguel, Mexico and decided to fly home to Kaiser Permanente hospital in Oakland, CA for the second surgery which necessitated a new […]
“My husband, Mark, was diagnosed with a high urgency hernia,” says Joey Kay Wooler. “The local hospital where we were living was not equipped to perform the surgery, and we knew of a highly recommended doctor back in Colorado. Because of that, we decided to use our SkyMed plan to fly back to the United […]
“I was diagnosed with breast cancer in December,” states SkyMed Member Laurie Sperling. “And after a scan of my lungs, another potential issue was detected.” After several different options failed to determine the pathology, Laurie and her partner, Lawrence White, soon discovered that an actual lung biopsy surgery was required in February. She chose to […]
“SkyMed played a critical role in my care, arranging my transport from San Miguel, Mexico to Albuquerque, New Mexico,” shares Barbara Luboff. “I truly believe their assistance saved my life.” Doctors at the local hospital had identified “something” on Barbara’s CT scan and were preparing to perform surgery to remove part of her colon. Fortunately, […]
“We will be forever grateful to the entire team at SkyMed, especially their Member Services team,” says Cathy Baeshore. “My husband, Alan Fielding, was recovering in Mexico from a micro discectomy – a very simple surgery that he had decided to have done locally. However, as time progressed, he could not walk. We knew there […]
“We were in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico when my husband, Wayne, started to have problems with his kidneys,” recalls Denise Chartrand. “He was having a hard time breathing.” “We consulted with a local doctor in Mexico and she emphatically suggested, “Go home, ASAP.” What she really meant was, ‘Get back to Canada ASAP!’ So I called […]
