Many patients ask if it is really safe to go to Mexico for treatment.
Everyone has seen the sensational media stories about the drug wars and kidnappings in Mexico. I’m sure if you are a drug dealer, you have something to worry about. But in twenty years of working with cancer patients, the only time we have ever heard of a patient having trouble was from a couple who drove far into mainland Mexico, and had their money and passports stolen when they let them in plain sight in their car.
When patients travel to clinics in Baja, the skinny peninsula just south of California, they are met by clinic drivers at the San Diego airport. These drivers take the patients and their luggage directly to the hospital or clinic where they will receive treatment. Most drivers have a ‘fast pass’ so patients are not required to spend hours waiting in line at the border. In most cases, the ride from the airport to the facility takes about 15 minutes.
