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I have gone to numerous hospitals in countries we have visited for blood work. Never had a problem, hospitals were always clean. Needles were brand new and in a sterile wrapper.

I was hospitalized for a month in Cuenca, Ecuador. The care I received in some ways was better than then at the trauma center where I was for a month. My doctor was trained in Switzerland, and the Chief of the Critical Care unit was invited each year to train physicians in the US.

We now have, this past year, extended medical care. This is medical insurance above the regular travel insurance that most people purchase. We purchased this in case we have a medical emergency where we need to be flown to another country, and need the care of a doctor and/or nurse during this flight.

We will continue to travel. Since our experience has been a positive one using a local hospital.

I needed blood transfusions while I was hospitalized in Ecuador. I had my blood typed in a US hospital. To make a long story short, they made a major error in informing me of my type of blood. In Ecuador they caught the error.