CIMA San Jose
(3 de 5)
26 Reviews
San Rafael de Escazu
San Jose, Costa Rica
Telephone (506) 2208-1000San Jose, Costa Rica
http://www.hospitalcima.com
SNAPSHOT
Hospital CIMA San José is the largest Private Medical Centre of Medical Specialties in Central America. It is the most important Health Center of medical tourism in the region. CIMA San José provides a full range of diagnostic, emergency medical and surgical services. The 24-hour Emergency Room has a high tech trauma area and operating room, and is staffed around the clock by emergency physicians. A total of nine operating rooms provide both inpatient and outpatient surgery options. Ancillary departments contribute diagnostic and treatment modalities as well as an imaging department.
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| Beds: | 44 |
ACCREDITATION
Joint Commission International, 2008: Certifies that the Hospital CIMA San José, meets all the systems of external and clear commitment to improve the quality of care, ensure a safe environment and work systematically to achieve a better organization for patients and professionals.
Sociedade Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemotherapy, 2008 - Certificate of Excellence, Blood Bank: Certifies that the Hospital CIMA San José meets the quality assurance programs and with the external technical processes related to blood transfusions.
CIMA San Jose's rating
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Specialty :Emergency Room
I came to Cima after my ATV crashed off a cliff in Jaco. I had several broken bones. The hospital refused to admit me until we scraped together $5,000...this was 10:30 pm (about 5 hours after the accident). They left me lying on a wooden board with no pain medicine until we pulled the money together. That was only the beginning of our struggle...
Alternating between threatening to kick us out, or not letting us leave, the hospital demanded $25,000 over the next four days. I had blood clots in my lungs from the trauma, so I couldn't initially get clearance to fly. Thank God Cima is a provate hospital so they couldn't hold us. Instead of giving them the money, I pooled my resources for the first med-evac flight I could get into the US.
If you don't mind mold/dirt in your room, nurses that don't speak English, forms written entirely in Spanish, and nurses leaving syringes in your bed, then Cima is a great value...about 1/3 of the cost of the procedures in the U.S. Personally, not my taste.
On the plus side, the food is fantastic. My orthopedic surgeon was an angel, and the mountainous views were amazing. The rooms were nicely-sized. My problems are mostly with the administration and the fact that they pretend to be "for Americans designed by Americans" which is a total joke.
If you are not dying, pay for a med-evac flight to the U.S. Better yet, if you're traveling buy Med-Evac insurance before you leave. Cima is supposed to be Costa Rica's best hospital, and it's not saying much considering it's not as good as our worst.
I came to Cima after my ATV crashed off a cliff in Jaco. I had several broken bones. The hospital refused to admit me until we scraped together $5,000...this was 10:30 pm (about 5 hours after the accident). They left me lying on a wooden board with no pain medicine until we pulled the money together. That was only the beginning of our struggle...
Alternating between threatening to kick us out, or not letting us leave, the hospital demanded $25,000 over the next four days. I had blood clots in my lungs from the trauma, so I couldn't initially get clearance to fly. Thank God Cima is a provate hospital so they couldn't hold us. Instead of giving them the money, I pooled my resources for the first med-evac flight I could get into the US.
If you don't mind mold/dirt in your room, nurses that don't speak English, forms written entirely in Spanish, and nurses leaving syringes in your bed, then Cima is a great value...about 1/3 of the cost of the procedures in the U.S. Personally, not my taste.
On the plus side, the food is fantastic. My orthopedic surgeon was an angel, and the mountainous views were amazing. The rooms were nicely-sized. My problems are mostly with the administration and the fact that they pretend to be "for Americans designed by Americans" which is a total joke.
If you are not dying, pay for a med-evac flight to the U.S. Better yet, if you're traveling buy Med-Evac insurance before you leave. Cima is supposed to be Costa Rica's best hospital, and it's not saying much considering it's not as good as our worst.
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Yes - but what I heard is that it only has 6 beds!
Yes - but what I heard is that it only has 6 beds!
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Just thought you should know that there is a new CIMA opening up soon near Liberia in Guanacaste in the Pacific North part of Costa Rica
Just thought you should know that there is a new CIMA opening up soon near Liberia in Guanacaste in the Pacific North part of Costa Rica
Specialty :Orthopedics
I was taken to CIMA by ambulence. I wanted to go back to NYC but was told that it would be simple procedure. I have international health insurance but was told AFTER surgery that hospital would not accept it and cost for hospital was $6000 and cost for surgeon was $19,000. Surgeon required cash payment NOW. This is about 500% of cost in NYC. Also nurses do not speak English and post surgical care was poor.
I was taken to CIMA by ambulence. I wanted to go back to NYC but was told that it would be simple procedure. I have international health insurance but was told AFTER surgery that hospital would not accept it and cost for hospital was $6000 and cost for surgeon was $19,000. Surgeon required cash payment NOW. This is about 500% of cost in NYC. Also nurses do not speak English and post surgical care was poor.
Specialty :Obstretics and Ginecology
I have given birth twice at this hospital and the experience was fine. I'm not exactly sure what people really want exactly. I have given birth in both the US as well as CR and both has pros and cons. And as for the lab, since I had to have so much blood work done, I feel that I am all too familiar with it. ever once have I seen waste thrown on the floor or anything "filthy" looking. It looked like a regular lab.
I have given birth twice at this hospital and the experience was fine. I'm not exactly sure what people really want exactly. I have given birth in both the US as well as CR and both has pros and cons. And as for the lab, since I had to have so much blood work done, I feel that I am all too familiar with it. ever once have I seen waste thrown on the floor or anything "filthy" looking. It looked like a regular lab.
Specialty :Obstretics and Ginecology
One or two nurses were excelent but the majority were not very helpful and all are overwhelmed because there are too few to handle the number of patients. Also there was no button to press for pain - you have to make a phone call! They said the buttons were not working because of works on the third floor.
One or two nurses were excelent but the majority were not very helpful and all are overwhelmed because there are too few to handle the number of patients. Also there was no button to press for pain - you have to make a phone call! They said the buttons were not working because of works on the third floor.
Specialty :Obstretics and Ginecology
We went to Cima for my daughter's emergency C section. It was a nightmare!!. No nurses in the afternoons to take care of the patients or the newly born. No way to call a nurse either if it was not by dialing their extension and no one was ever there to take the call. No one to complain about this!!!. After one hour of trying to find the right person to complain about the horrible and scary nurses' situation I was given the names of two persons on the second floor to whom I should direct my complain. I went looking for them : Patricia Quesada and Jenny Jara. They were supervisors or the head nurses or something with their offices on the only floor they have for patients there and my great surprise was that they could not see me because I was supposed to have an appointment with them and the waiting list to get appointments was 10 days!!.
We will never ever go back to that hospital.
We went to Cima for my daughter's emergency C section. It was a nightmare!!. No nurses in the afternoons to take care of the patients or the newly born. No way to call a nurse either if it was not by dialing their extension and no one was ever there to take the call. No one to complain about this!!!. After one hour of trying to find the right person to complain about the horrible and scary nurses' situation I was given the names of two persons on the second floor to whom I should direct my complain. I went looking for them : Patricia Quesada and Jenny Jara. They were supervisors or the head nurses or something with their offices on the only floor they have for patients there and my great surprise was that they could not see me because I was supposed to have an appointment with them and the waiting list to get appointments was 10 days!!.
We will never ever go back to that hospital.
Specialty :Other
OK the lab may be a little dirty (catually this was not my personal experience) but I think we have to remember that this hospital is not in a first world situation so you can not judge it by those standards! My problem is that they do charge like they are first world sometimes. If the prices came down I would not worry about small non-medical slip ups.
OK the lab may be a little dirty (catually this was not my personal experience) but I think we have to remember that this hospital is not in a first world situation so you can not judge it by those standards! My problem is that they do charge like they are first world sometimes. If the prices came down I would not worry about small non-medical slip ups.
Specialty :Other
I went to get blood drawn at CIMA last week and the area in the lab where they took my blood was really dirty- instead of putting the trash in the trashcan they just throw it on the floor! ( not what you want to see in a hospital!) . The tech drawing my blood saw my face of disgust and cleaned up while murmuring something re her coworkers....On a more positive note the results were ready fast and emailed to me and sent to my MD at CIMA.
I went to get blood drawn at CIMA last week and the area in the lab where they took my blood was really dirty- instead of putting the trash in the trashcan they just throw it on the floor! ( not what you want to see in a hospital!) . The tech drawing my blood saw my face of disgust and cleaned up while murmuring something re her coworkers....On a more positive note the results were ready fast and emailed to me and sent to my MD at CIMA.
Specialty :Orthopedics
I was brought to Cima in an ambulance from the airport. Although paramedics had determined my blood pressure was very low and that was the cause of my faintness, my blood pressure was not monitored while I waited hours for the doctor. X-rays were taken of my broken leg and I was given an IV drip for pain. Despite claims of being bi-lingual the nurse spoke no English and the doctor's English was far less fluent than many cab drivers we had met in Costa Rica. I opted to return home and went directly to the ER.
The ER doctor at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, CA writes: "The patient's x-rays from Costa Rica are examined. The are 2-view knee x-ray fairly limited in quality and technique..." He goes on to say, "There is also a distal femur fracture with cortical disruption on the lateral aspect of the distal femur. This was not immediately evident on the Costa Rican x-rays." In fact, the doctor in Costa Rica never mentioned the fracture of the fibula either, only the three in the tibial plateau.
I feel it was a good decision the return to the US for ORIF surgery.
I was brought to Cima in an ambulance from the airport. Although paramedics had determined my blood pressure was very low and that was the cause of my faintness, my blood pressure was not monitored while I waited hours for the doctor. X-rays were taken of my broken leg and I was given an IV drip for pain. Despite claims of being bi-lingual the nurse spoke no English and the doctor's English was far less fluent than many cab drivers we had met in Costa Rica. I opted to return home and went directly to the ER.
The ER doctor at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, CA writes: "The patient's x-rays from Costa Rica are examined. The are 2-view knee x-ray fairly limited in quality and technique..." He goes on to say, "There is also a distal femur fracture with cortical disruption on the lateral aspect of the distal femur. This was not immediately evident on the Costa Rican x-rays." In fact, the doctor in Costa Rica never mentioned the fracture of the fibula either, only the three in the tibial plateau.
I feel it was a good decision the return to the US for ORIF surgery.
Specialty :Ear, Nose & Throat
The medical services and treatment by this Ear Nose and Throat was excellent. The only thing that I have heard recently is that it is somehow difficult to get an appointment without a couple of months wait.
The medical services and treatment by this Ear Nose and Throat was excellent. The only thing that I have heard recently is that it is somehow difficult to get an appointment without a couple of months wait.
Specialty :Ophthalmology
One of my workers got glue in his eye and so I rushed him to the ER at CIMA and thankfully they managed to treat it relatively quickly. Waiting area is reasonable and they seemed to have the right person there to see him but it could be because it was in working hours
One of my workers got glue in his eye and so I rushed him to the ER at CIMA and thankfully they managed to treat it relatively quickly. Waiting area is reasonable and they seemed to have the right person there to see him but it could be because it was in working hours
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