With the “maintenance” that’s been required on my body this year it’s a good job I know some of Costa Rica’s most experienced Doctors and surgeons…

It’s been great for me and also good for you our VIP Members because I have had an intimate – and very positive – experience with a few of these Doctors in Costa Rica.

I know they’re good at what they do, you obviously know that I trust them otherwise I would not allow them to operate on me and, when it comes to having surgery, you’ll feel comfortable considering some of the fine Doctors we have featured to help you with your surgical requirements.

The savings you will enjoy in having your surgery performed in Costa Rica depends on the type of surgery, the Doctor and where the surgery is performed. Sometimes you can expect to pay 50% less than you would expect to pay in the U.S. but with other procedures you may not save that much …

The three largest JCI accredited private hospitals are 1: Hospital CIMA, 2: Hospital La Catolica and 3: Hospital Clinica Biblica but one new smaller hospital called Hospital Metropolitano is not JCI accredited but is certainly attracting some high profile patients.

Even though I like to stay in shape and run and work out, the body is getting older and, as the comic actor Billy Krystal explains to the young children in school on parents’ day in the hilarious Midlife Crunch scene in the movie City Slickers (1): In “Your fifties you have a minor surgery. You’ll call it a procedure, but it’s a surgery.”

Well I’m most definitely in my fifties and for the past year or so I have been suffering from three little hernias in my lower stomach area which has not helped me keep up with sprint training so on Friday, 30th September 2011 at midday, the well known Costa Rican laparoscopic surgeon Dr. Jacob took care of them for me.

After the operation as I was waiting groggily in the recovery room, who was wheeled past me but none other than ‘La Presidenta” of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla!

The 52 year old President of the Republic of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla was admitted to Hospital Metropolitano yesterday to have her gall bladder removed by Dr. who is featured at WeLoveCostaRica.com

After he had warmed up his skilled hands on my lower abdomen Dr. Jacob went to work on the President’s gall bladder.

Dr. Jacob is a very experienced general surgeon, he’s the Founder and director of the first training center for minimal invasive surgery in Central and South America and apart from numerous general surgeries like mine and the President’s yesterday, he has also performed over 3,000 weight loss surgeries.

So if Dr. Jacob is good enough for little ole’ me and the President of Costa Rica, maybe he and the caring staff at Hospital Metropolitano could help you too?

Written by Scott Oliver, author of 1: How To Buy Costa Rica Real Estate Without Losing Your Camisa, 2: Costa Rica Real Estate Scams & How To Avoid Them, 3. Costa Rica’s Guide To Making Money Offshore and 4. ¿Cómo Comprar Bienes Raices en Costa Rica, Sin Perder Su Camisa?

Even including the expenses of staying in a luxury hotel and your travel, the costs of your minimally invasive, weight loss surgery in Costa Rica with Dr. Jacob – a very experienced bariatric surgeon – will be about half of what it would normally cost in the U.S., and you get to enjoy a great vacation in Costa Rica, a land of stunning scenery, sunshine and smiles.

(1) Billy Krystal in City Slickers.

“Value this time in your life kids, because this is the time in your life when you still have your choices, and it goes by so quickly. When youre a teenager you think you can do anything, and you do. Your twenties are a blur. Your thirties, you raise your family, you make a little money and you think to yourself, What happened to my twenties? Your forties, you grow a little pot belly you grow another chin. The music starts to get too loud and one of your old girlfriends from high school becomes a grandmother. Your fifties you have a minor surgery. You’ll call it a procedure, but it’s a surgery. Your sixties you have a major surgery, the music is still loud but it doesnt matter because you cant hear it anyway. Seventies, you and the wife retire to Fort Lauderdale, you start eating dinner at two, lunch around ten, breakfast the night before. And you spend most of your time wandering around malls looking for the ultimate in soft yogurt and muttering How come the kids dont call? How come the kids dont call? By your eighties, youve had a major stroke, and you end up babbling to some Jamaican nurse who your wife can’t stand but who you call mama. Any questions?”

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Andrew Makarik

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Andrew Makarik is the main editor of WeLoveCostaRica, a fan of this sunny country. He is also a loving husband and a has a lovely daughter. By being a devoted family man and the biggest Costa Rica fan, he wants to make more people feel at home there. WeLoveCostaRica unites people and helps them find new home or a new travel destination. This website is a friendly community where everyone can find not only information, but also new friends and travel pals. Andrew is also passionate about IT and programming, so he himself maintains a friendly atmosphere in this cozy environment of WeLoveCostaRica.com.