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LOL: "for vision I go to California." Based on their destructive tax policies and profligate use of water I'd say that California had poor vision at best!
Here's a clue: the hospital is affectionately called "St. Victim's" by locals. Not only is Santa Fe bereft of excellent medical care, New Mexico in general is lacking. For any sort of ailment that requires a specialist, I would not allow myself to be operated on in New Mexico. You might be better off going to a third world country.
I searched on "hospitals in Santa Fe, New Mexico" and five hospitals came up, but that doesn't really tell me if the care is good, or very modern. Can someone speak to that? Especially care of elderly, cancer patients and MS.
There's one hospital. It's cut back on staff to the point that its own doctors are saying it's not safe, and patients aren't getting the care the doctors order for them (various nursing assistance). Avoid.
What about specialists? When I visited, people told me there are no specialists, and that you have to go to Albuquerque. Surely not. The state's capital city?
If I move there, which I plan to, I'm going to have to see a dermatologist and neurologist at a minimum.
Of course I can do an online search but I thought it would be good to discuss this in this forum and get points of view of current residents.
Some excellent specialists here - and definitely in the fields you specified.
There's one in-patient hospital, Christus-St. Vincent's Medical Center. It's getting better under the Christus management. Everyone's got a different view. My limited experience there was excellent. I've heard great stories as well as bad ones. If I were to ever have some serious condition requiring hospitalization I'd probably go down to Albuquerque. For general and specialty outpatient care I find the providers here in Santa Fe perfectly fine. I spent my first career as a hospital administrator, so I'm pretty picky when it comes to health care.
Why is the medical care in Santa Fe so dismal? You would think there would be a few good doctors in such an expensive city. Is Albuquerque also lacking good medical care?
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Medical care in SF
