Hospital Santa Casa Monsenhor Guilherme

This is from an old trip. OK, so I get hit by a small Toyota truck while crossing the street, when the light was green, in a cross-​walk. In North America, that means, that I as a pedestrian, have the right-​of-​way. But I’m in Brazil. A car that’s making a right hand turn, doesn’t stop for me, and consequently he hits me, in the cross walk — - MY LEFT LEG at the tibia and fibula is broken. Hey, but at least it wasn’t my head or my hips, and at least he gave me a ride to the hospital.
You travellers out there, you should bring medical insurance for Brazil. While I was in the emergency room, I had to convince the director of the hospital that I could pay with my Visa. No one understood me in the ER, but having acertained that it would be too far for me to go from Foz Iguazu to Sao Paolo to Dallas TX to San Jose CA on a broken leg, the pain after 2 hours in the ER cot made the decision for me that I should have surgery done here.
The ER looked spartan, and it was a concern initially. However, once I was wheeled into the OR, it looked like the equipment was like any equipment in any hospital in the States. Having spinal anethetics administered, the two doctors proceeded to put metal in the bones. This was not part of tour plans.
Travelling alone is probably not a good thing. However, I feel very lucky to have been taken good care of by this hospital. My accident happened at 7am, my surgery at 2pm, and I’m in my room pissing in my 5 liter Coke Bottle sized urinal by dinner time. I had my own room. I always looked forward to my delicious breakfast with (not kidding) really good coffee; the lunch and the dinner served in my opinion was fairly good. The problems I had was trying to hop on one leg to take my morning shower. I finally figured out that I should use a chair to lean on as my safety net.
After about 4 days in the hospital, I was wheeled downstairs to have a cast put on my leg. The good people at the hotel (see my other review) picked me up after my release. After another 3 days in my hotel, I had an epic journey back to San Jose, CA on one leg, and out of morphine. Guess what? When I landed in San Jose, the doctors here could not even schedule me in. I had to go a clinic in Sunnyvale as an ER patient to get a very quick check… and it took another week before Stanford Hospital could look at me. I thought, Brazil medical team moved way faster. In the end, the good ortho docs at Stanford said that the folks at Monsenhor Hospital in Brazil did a good job in patching me up… my bills and XRAYS were all in Portuguese, but I took them with me to show our American doctors.
I would say Hospital Santa Casa Monsenhor Guilherme was very spartan compared to the States, but very very efficient, for much much lower cost than you would have to pay in the USA. Thank you Hospital Santa Casa Monsenhor Guilherme for taking care of me.