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A14 LOCAL
Tuesday 29 January 2019

Meet Urgent Care Aruba (UCA)

NOORD — It is your worst nightmare during a vacation, but if it happens you’d
better cure it as quickly and professional as possible. I am talking about health
issues that occur during your relaxing holidays and that need immediate urgent
attention. Where do you go on Aruba? Easy: grab a cab for the short ride to Urgent
Care Aruba (UCA) at the Noord Medical Center and be attended prompt without
schedule by highly trained and experienced physicians.

For more than 28 years Dr. Carlos Yagua Sr. and his
wife Dr. Noris Velasquez, have a practice on the is-
land that runs with success and out of that seed grew
the first and only private Urgent Care Center. This
on initiative of their four children, all physicians, who
wanted to create an alternative to the crowded ER.
Big and small health issues are being offered a quick,
reliable and efficient solution here under the direc-
tion of Dr. Carlos Yagua Jr. who is general physician
with a dual-master’s degree in healthcare and busi-
ness administration.

Taking Care
The people taking care of you in Urgent Care Aruba
(UCA) are medical assistants and nurses who work in
coordination with registered physicians, all here to at-
tend to your needs. There are ten consultation rooms
for patients, all furnished with the latest equipment
like for example a nursing station supplied for specific
procedures, digital vitals’ monitors, and green energy
efficient white bright LED surgical lights, crash carts,
on-screen diagnostic systems, electrocardiograph
(heart screening) and ultrasound. The clinical labora-
tory is ISO 9001 Certified and ISO 15189 Accredited,
and UCA also offers point-of-care testing. Results are
received within minutes, allowing UCA to provide you
with a reliable diagnosis.
Where, When and How
Open from Monday thru Friday 8am to 11pm, Sat-
urday from 8am to 5pm, and is on call 24/7, Eng-
lish, Spanish, Dutch or Papiamento are spoken by a
medical professional and rates are low for self-pay
patients. The center accepts most major travel in-
surance plans. You can see actual waiting times
through a web-check in portal and you can book
your appointment.

Location is at Noord Medical Center (Grey Building)
at Noord 63. Phone: +297-586-0448 or on Facebook
at https://www.facebook.com/urgentcarearuba/ q