Patients Beyond Borders: Monterrey, Mexico Edition

part two
centro de ginecología y obstetricia
de Monterrey (ginequito)
38 Patients Beyond Borders
Avenida Hidalgo Pte. #1842
Colonia Obispado
Monterrey, Nuevo León, MEXICO 64060
Tel: +52 81 8122.4700/4759
Email: comunica1@ginequito.com.mx
Web: ginequito.com.mx
Centro de Ginecología y Obstetricia de Monterrey, more widely and simply
known as Ginequito, was established in 1976 and currently offers 63
patient beds. Thirty percent of its staff of 1,200 physicians and 199 nurses
speak fluent English. The center performs approximately 1,420 outpatient
procedures and 7,000 inpatient procedures annually, of which 150 are for
international patients (about a third of them from the US). Ginequito provides
specialty care in reproductive medicine, management of high-risk
pregnancy, laparoscopic procedures, orthopedics, otolaryngology, plastic
surgery, and weight loss surgery, among others.
Ginequito offers its patients five specialty clinics:
Profem Clinic The Profem Clinic provides comprehensive preventive
care to women, men, teenagers, and children. Specific centers within
the Profem Clinic offer advanced ultrasonography for detection of breast
cancer, bone densitometry for detection of osteoporosis, pelvic echography,
and more. Customized health screening programs provide complete
medical evaluation and development of a preventive-health strategy.
Packages are available, and testing is most often complete in one day.
Institute for the Study of Human Conception The Institute for
the Study of Human Conception provides both counseling and treatment
for infertility. Its Embryo and Gamete Laboratory maintains a
high degree of quality control over all the center’s services. Services include
basic infertility exams, ovulation induction, artificial fertilization,
and IVF. Female infertility is treated, as appropriate, with IVF, fresh or