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When we asked members in Cotacachi if they typically need to travel to see specialists, they replied...

"We do most of our doctor's visits in Otavalo, or Ibarra depending on the availability of specialists. The system for booking appointments needs work but it's getting better. I've been seen by probably ten different general practitioners and both my wife and I have settled on a couple that we feel very confident with. With a bit of luck and an occasional wait we manage to book appointments with doctors of our choice, though the others would certainly be fine in a pinch. Appointments are usually within a few days of the date when I first did the search. They are very proactive with profalactics, booking a full blood, urine and feces panel twice a year. A yearly EKG. I had a lung issue during the pandemic and had three different chest x-rays with no wait. An ongoing uncomfortable but not disabling knee issue led to an x-ray and a visit to the orthopod within a week or so. My wife gets annual pap smears and mammograms and is regularly seen by her gynecologist, who also a doctor we both feel very sure of. I do have northern=transplant friends who have had major surgeries and they all feel they got excellent care," wrote a member who made the move to Cotacachi, Ecuador.

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