Centro Médico Cabarete

Centro Médico Cabarete is a private medical center on the Sosúa to Cabarete highway, and the closest full-service option for travelers based in Cabarete or Sosúa. It is not a large hospital like Centro Médico Bournigal in Puerto Plata, but it covers far more than a walk-in clinic: the center lists emergency care, imaging, a clinical laboratory, operating rooms and an intensive care unit among its services.

For visitors, the main value is distance. Puerto Plata's larger hospitals are roughly 40 to 45 minutes from Cabarete, more in traffic, while this center is on the coast road between the two towns. That matters for the injuries this stretch of coast produces: kitesurfing and surfing accidents at Kite Beach and Encuentro, cuts from reef and rocks, motoconcho (motorbike taxi) crashes, dehydration and stomach bugs. For anything life threatening, call 911 first; the staff can stabilize and arrange transfer to a bigger hospital if needed.

Specialist consultations are listed Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with dermatology on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The center publishes visiting hours for inpatients and has a cafeteria. Lab and imaging results are delivered online. The website lists an international advisory board of doctors from the United States, and a U.S. provider registry entry for the center was updated in March 2025.

Insurance: the center lists insurance among its services but does not name the international insurers it works with. If you have travel insurance, call your insurer's assistance line before or as soon as you arrive so they can confirm coverage and arrange direct billing; otherwise expect to pay up front and claim later. Spanish is the working language, and English is commonly spoken in the Cabarete area, but bring a translation app just in case.

Address and access: Carretera Sosúa-Cabarete Km. 1. The registry listing gives a Sosúa postal address, so check the pin on a map before you set off, and have your hotel call ahead if you can. Phone +1 809-571-4696.

Who should go here: travelers in Cabarete or Sosúa with an injury or illness that needs a doctor, tests or stitches quickly. Who should consider alternatives: patients needing complex specialist care or a large international department, who are better served by Centro Médico Bournigal in Puerto Plata or the big private hospitals in Santiago.