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Visas and entry, money, SIM cards, health and staying safe.
The number after each category is how many places are published in it today.
The Academisch Ziekenhuis Paramaribo is Suriname's academic teaching hospital, located on Flustraat in Paramaribo. It is listed by the Surinamese government among the country's hospitals, with a general switchboard and a separate emergency line.
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.
Finabank is a Surinamese commercial bank with its main office at Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 59-61 in central Paramaribo and five further branches around the country. It operates Finamatic ATMs at its branches and its cards work on the national Cashpnt ATM network.
Sint Vincentius Ziekenhuis, also known as the RKZ, is a general hospital at Koninginnestraat 4 in central Paramaribo. It runs a broad set of specialist departments plus an ambulance service and an in-house pharmacy.
De Surinaamsche Bank is a Surinamese commercial bank offering payment accounts, card services, internet banking and a mobile app. It publishes daily buying and selling rates for the US dollar and the euro against the Surinamese dollar on its website.
Digicel Suriname is a mobile operator offering prepaid service, a 30-day tourist eSIM in three data tiers, and a preloaded prepaid physical SIM sold as SIM-to-GO. Its Suriname site runs a store locator and the MyDigicel app is used for activation and plan management.
Suriname’s regional primary-health service, running some 45 health centres with pharmacies along the coast from Albina to Nickerie and publishing the official on-call (wachtdienst) schedules.
Suriname arm of the Caribbean Republic Bank group, running the country’s largest commercial ATM network — and the network most likely to accept foreign Visa and Mastercard.
Suriname's entry formalities are handled entirely online through the government's authorised e-visa portal, which issues visas, e-tourist cards and the entry-fee voucher travellers must show at airline check-in. Most nationalities may enter visa-free for tourism or family visits for up to 90 days but still pay a per-entry fee.
Telesur is a Surinamese telecommunications operator selling prepaid mobile service, SIM cards through its e-shop and prepaid data bundles ranging from 12-hour packages to 30-day plans. Its helpdesk is reachable on short code 152 from a Surinamese line.