Hospital BC (Hospital BCN)
Hospital · Bariatric surgery · Cosmetic surgery · Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
- No prices posted
- Named, no license numbers
- Accreditation claims · 2
What the clinic publishes
Posts no prices on the pages read.
Names 2 practitioners but shows no license numbers.
Claims 2 accreditations or memberships: Joint Commission International and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity.
Statements about the clinic were read on its own website and are linked below. Costa Rican dentists' names were searched on the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas' public roll; nothing else has been checked with a regulator or accreditor.
Where
Sta. Isabel 219, Tijuana, B.C. 22415
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Clinic's own site and numbers
US +1 619 900 7634
Languages the site lists: English, Spanish
Posted prices
The pages read show no prices. Ask for a written, itemized quote before travelling, and ask what it excludes.
Practitioners the clinic names
As listed on the clinic's site. The license column shows the number printed there, or that none is.
| Name | Role | License number shown | Training the clinic lists |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jalil Illan | Bariatric surgeon | None shown | Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital US fellowship (claimed) |
| Dr. Carlos Vila | Bariatric and laparoscopic surgeon | None shown |
A number shown on a clinic's site is a claim until it is looked up. Mexico's professional licenses (cédulas) are issued by the Secretaría de Educación Pública and searchable by name or number on its registry, which in our tests did not answer from connections outside Mexico. Ask the clinic for a screenshot of the registry entry, or run the search from a Mexican connection before treatment. SEP Registro Nacional de Profesionistas.
Accreditation and membership claims
Claims as the clinic states them, with where each can be checked. A logo on a website is not a listing in an accreditor's register.
Joint Commission International
'Joint Commission International Certified Hospital'
Claimed on the clinic's site.
How to check: public list of accredited organizations at Joint Commission International.
International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity
Dr. Illan 'member of the IFSO'
Claimed on the clinic's site.
How to check: public member search at International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity.
The site also states
- 'board certified' surgeons, no board or number named source
These name no register to check them against; ask the clinic for the certificate and who issued it.
Not on the pages read
The pages read did not show a price list, license numbers for the practitioners it names, a warranty or guarantee or the year it opened. Those are the first things to ask for.
Sources
- https://hospitalbc.com/
- https://hospitalbc.com/dr-jalil-illan/
- https://hospitalbc.com/dr-jalil-illan/meet-the-team/
- https://hospitalbc.com/contact-us/
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