MEDICAL CARE IN CUBA Travel to Cuba has no special risk to the health or require any prior vaccination. Moreover, for any illness or infirmity passenger, the tourist has a national network of medical assistance to the tourism, organized international clinics and provincial and national hospitals.
The International Clinics offer services of medical primary attention 24 hours. They are present in all the tourist poles of the country: Pinar del Rio, City of Havana, Varadero, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Cayo Coco en Ciego de Ávila, Playa Santa Lucia, in Camagüey and Santiago de Cuba, and they possess doctor's offices in more than 100 Hotels, cover the medical attention of urgency, and if itwas necessary coordinate the reference to other hospitable specializing centers, connection with ambulances and other services.
There exists, in addition, a company called ASISTUR, a brokerage of assurances with which it is possible to manage a medical previous assurance or proceed with the claim of the own(proper) policies (in case the policy of the tourist covers his medical assistance abroad). Its information is His(Her,Your) information is:
Head office in Havana: Meadow 208 between(among) Trocadero and Colon. Telephones: (537 866.44.99), FAX: (537 866.80.87). ASISTUR possesses a Head office(Plant) of Alarm that works 24 hours, and whose telephones are: (537 866.83.39) / 866.89.29 and 866.41.21, and also a
On the other hand, in absolutely all the Cuban neighborhoods there exist the doctor's offices of the Family doctors (family doctors, in Cuba there is a doctor for every 169 inhabitants), that in case of urgency also might be consulted.
In addition, Cuba offers a specializing program of tourism of Health, coordinated by SERVIMED, CUBANACÁN's agency (www.cubanacan.cu), with specific treatments for the Vitiligo, the Psoriasis, the Alopecia, the Neurological Rehabilitation, the Retinosis Pigmentaria and other ophthalmological affections, the Transplant of Bony(Osseous) Marrow, Cosmetic surgery, treatment of the addictions and others.
The most important International Clinics to which it is possible to come in case of need, are:
Clínica Internacional de Trinidad= International Clinic of Trinidad
Clínica Internacional de Cayo Coco = International clinic in Cayo Coco
Clínica Internacional de Santa Lucía= International Clinic Santa Lucía
Clínica Internacional de Guardalavaca= Guardalavaca international Clinic
Clínica Internacional de Varadero=Varadero international clinic
Clínica Internacional de Santiago de Cuba=International clinic of Santiago de Cuba
There are other important institutions in Havana city, like:
• Hospital Pediátrico William Soler(paediatric hospital)
• Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras (surgeon-clinic hospital)
• Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Quirúrgicas (CIMED) (medical-quemichal investigations)
• Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IPK) Pedro Kourí (tropical medicine)
• Hospital Ortopédico Frank País (orthopaedic hospital)
• Centro Internacional para el tratamiento de la Tercera Edad (old age hospital)
International drugstores exist also in practically all the provinces:
International drugstore Miramar
Hotel Comodoro
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Centro Internacional de Retinosis Pigmentaria “Camilo Cienfuegos”
Casa Bella
Marina Hemingway
Hotel Sevilla
Clínica Playas del Este
Villa Tarará
Hotel Habana Libre
International Airport “José Martí”Terminal #3
Villa Panamericana
