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Urgent Care Aruba (Noord Medical Center)

NOORD — Established in 2014, Urgent Care
Aruba provides assistance to locals and
tourists. Conveniently located at the Noord
Medical Center, at Noord #63 Urgent Care
Aruba (UCA) is designed to accommo-
date your busy schedule. At the end of a
workday, on weekends, and even on the
holidays, when you need medical assis-
tance for non-life threatening illnesses or
injuries without an appointment, you need
it to be quick, reliable, and efficient. The
center has extended hours and is open
365 days a year. Most importantly, each offers a great variety of
UCA team member strives to deliver the quality services. We can
quality medical care with a personalized treat most non-life-threat-
attention. It is Urgent Care’s goal of getting ening injuries and illnesses,
you in and out within the hour. tions that require sutures, among others. are exposed to sun for long provide prescriptions for vis-
hours at high temperature. itors who left their medica-
1. What are the most common emer- 2. What are the best ways to avoid tions at home, diving medi-
gency issues affecting visitors to Aruba? these issues? 3. Are there any spe- cal certificate, we have a
Patients who visit Urgent Care Aruba (UCA), Most of these issues may be prevented by cific brands of product/ radiology department with
present the common illness that are pres- frequent sanitizing of the hands. On the at home treatments you the latest and most innova-
ent in touristic destinations. Among these other hand, to avoid urinary tract infec- would recommend for par- tive x-ray and ultrasound
are upper respiratory tract infection (ear, tions, it is recommended to drink plenty ticular use? equipment, and we also
nose, and throat infections), urinary tract of water and urinate frequently. Frequent No. We don’t recommend have a fully equipped on-
infections, gastroenteritis, and skin lacera- hydration is very important when patients specific brands. But we do site medical laboratory,
recommend reapplying with a wide range of ana-
sunscreen with Sun Protec- lytics including a Microbiol-
tion Factor (SPF) 50 + every ogy Department of Food
two hours in the face and and Water Analysis.
body, this will avoid severe
sun burns and prevent skin 5. Why should visitors
damage. It is convenient choose Urgent care Aruba
to apply in the face a spe- for their acute non-sched-
cific SPF designed for facial uled medical need?
use, and in the body a SPF Urgent Care Aruba (UCA)
designed for corporal use. at the Noord Medical Cen-
To prevent heat rash, we ter is a company com-
do recommend any after mitted to providing qual-
sun hydrating lotions, our ity medical care. We are
skin the biggest organ in available on-call 24/7
our body, and we have (+297-586-0448), and our
to take care of it hydrat- priority is the patient’s well-
ing and protecting our skin being. Travel health insur-
with after sun lotions. ance are accepted, and
no appointments are re-
4. What services does quired. Our waiting times
Urgent Care Aruba/ Noord are short, since we do val-
Medical Center Offer? ue the time and health of
Urgent Care Aruba (UCA) our patients.q

Urgent Care Aruba
Phone: +297 586 0448
Email: info@urgentcare.aw
Website: www.urgentcare.aw