Practical
Hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and travel health.
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.
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.
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.