Medical Emergency & Emergency Care
First Aid - First Aid is available 24/7 at the Crews Inn Security Office, behind the hotel. If serious, go to West Shore Medical
Serious or Life Threatening
1. Contact Hospital - West Shore Medical (phone: 622-9878/9670) (ER open 24/7), 239 Western Main Rd, Cocorite, just past West Mall (“The Falls”), for excellent emergency care at a price. Or, St. Clair Medical Center, (open 24/7). Bring cash or credit card.
2. Contact Jesse James (phone: 868-683-5202) for help in arranging transportation.
3. Put a call out on VHF 68 for cruisers help.
Hospitals
West Shore Medical - West Shore Medical (phone: 868-285-5019) is a private hospital which operates on the twin-island Caribbean Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Since its inception in 2004, West Shore has been looking after the medical needs of not only locals, but international patients as well. This state-of-the-art hospital comes equipped with the latest in medical technology and is manned by an expert team of dedicated practitioners who always put patients first. It is the closest to Chaguaramas, just beyond West Mall heading toward Port of Spain.
St. Clair Medical Center - SCMC is the oldest private hospital in Trinidad and Tobago that has become the Caribbean's premier provider of comprehensive state of the art and compassionate healthcare. It has expanded to a sixty (60) bed accommodation and has an Accident and Emergency department opened twenty four (24) hours / seven (7) days weekly.
Port of Spain General Hospital - The large public hospital located in downtown Port of Spain. Phone - (868)-623-2951. It has a mixed reputation and is the place a public ambulence will take you.
7th Day Adventist Hospital - A very good church run hospital located on the other side of the Western Main road, not far from the West Shore Medical Center.
Doctors, Dentists and other Medical Specialists
The list below contains medical specialists most frequently used by cruisers. Check with fellow cruisers to get their Recommendations or favorites.
Eye Care
For eye doctors see the list above. For eye glasses and eye exams, there are shops at both the West Mall and the Long Circular Mall. Both of these places have doctors on call.
Pharmacy
Some pharmacists write your prescription and then fill it. No doctor visit required in many cases. Antibiotics may be an exception.
There is a pharmacy in the Crew's Inn complex. In need of a pharmacist? Call Shazzan who has the pharmacy at Crews Inn. He goes way beyond the call of duty, bringing orders direct to you if you can't get to his store. Respectful, listening ear and good advice, but most of all just a real nice decent person. Due to Covid the operating hours are fluctuating. Best WhatsApp message your order or call 1-868-738-8500 and he can come out to Chaguaramas to meet you.
Kappa Drugs, in Glencoe across from the Massy grocery is a dispensing chemist/prescription pharmacy.
SuperPharm Drug Store near West Mall offers discounts on many prescription drugs.
The Dispensary, 40 Good Health Medical Center, 7 FitzBlackman Drive, Woodbrook, will fill & deliver your prescription, tel 627-8102