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Monday 7 January 2019

Meet Urgent Care Aruba (UCA)

There are ten consultation rooms for patients, all furnished
with the latest equipment like for example a nursing sta-
tion supplied for specific procedures, digital vitals’ moni-
tors, and green energy efficient white bright LED surgical
lights, crash carts, on-screen diagnostic systems, electro-
cardiograph (heart screening) and ultrasound. The clini-
cal laboratory is ISO 9001 Certified and ISO 15189 Accred-
ited, 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, Saturday
from 8am to 5pm, and is on call 24/7, English, Spanish,
Dutch or Papiamento are spoken by a medical profes-
sional and rates are low for self-pay patients. The center
accepts most major travel insurance 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

NOORD — It is your worst nightmare during a vacation, but if it happens you’d bet-
ter 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 island 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 physi-
cians, who wanted to create
an alternative to the crowd-
ed ER. Big and small health
issues are being offered a
quick, reliable and efficient
solution here under the di-
rection of Dr. Carlos Yagua
Jr. who is general physician
with a dual-master’s degree
in healthcare and business
administration.

Taking Care
The people taking care of
you in Urgent Care Aruba
(UCA) are medical assistants
and nurses who work in coor-
dination with registered phy-
sicians, all here to attend to
your needs.