Healthcare · Paramaribo-Noord
Apotheek Noord is a pharmacy at Jozef Israelstraat 95 in Paramaribo-Noord, dispensing prescription and over-the-counter medication. It accepts prescriptions via WhatsApp and is open six days a week, closed Sundays and public holidays.
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Apotheek Noord is a pharmacy at Jozef Israelstraat 95 in Paramaribo-Noord, open Monday to Friday 08:00 to 18:00 and Saturday 09:00 to 16:00, closed Sundays and public holidays. It takes prescriptions by WhatsApp on 8414263, with the main line on +597 453123.
We list it because it was the only pharmacy in Paramaribo we could find with its own live site publishing a verifiable address, phone number and set of opening hours — not because it is the nearest or the best. Several other pharmacies exist that we could not verify.
The gap here is one travellers should plan around: no government or health-ministry source publishes an after-hours or duty-pharmacy roster for Paramaribo. This pharmacy closes on Sundays and states no night service. If you take prescription medication, bring enough of it, and do not assume you can top up on a Sunday evening.
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Information on this page is sourced from Apotheek Noord.