A scam. Avoid at all costs.
First of all, let me just tell you what my diagnosis eventually was.
Jock itch in my butt crack.
Cured with an over the counter cream.
I work far too hard and don’t have time during the rest of the year to visit a health professional, so when I saw that there was a doctor available at the resort, I thought that it would be the right time to nip and then just get this checked. For US$150 she gave me a “full check up” (??) and then told me I needed to go urgently to the emergency room to see a dermatologist. She told me it was nice there, that they had Wi-Fi and aircon, and I’d be treated very well. She’d also arrange the taxi for me to get there… Immediately!
On arrival there and after me questioning several times what this was going to cost I was yet again herded back to my cubicle with the promise that I’d be presented a bill before it went any further only for a third “doctor” to magically arrive before the running invoice, and claim to be a dermatologist. After my taking my pants off for a third time that morning , he advised me that I had a “mushroom infection“ and that I should stay in overnight for observation and go immediately onto a drip.
At that point, I had a nasty feeling and went to reception where I was advised that the bill for my stay so far was a mere $950.
After backwards and forwards jesuitical arguments with the front desk manager (things like - “we treat the patient first, not the money”, and “if you don’t pay you go to jail” (for a civil disagreement for goodness sake!), and various other bs avoidance techniques), I eventually called the police and got away with a mere $500 bill. But it took me six hours. During which time the door was locked on me and an armed guard placed there. If you’ve got insurance and you don’t really care, then I STILL wouldn’t go there. But I doubt very much if any of the so-called doctors I saw were actually qualified at all. If they were, I would be very interested to see what wording of hypocrite oath they signed at the completion of their training. An utter sham, a scam and disgrace. How this is permitted to continue is disgusting. Punta Cana is off the list - clearly this is sanctioned and ignored by the authorities. Be warned.