Medical facilities - doctors and hospitals in Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria could be called a ´healthy island´. Scientific studies prove the positive influence of all year round warm temperatures combined with a maritime bracing climate on mental and physical health. Shortly after arriving many patients recognize positive effects concerning cardiovascular-disease, rheumatism, arthritis or asthma. As a result, numerous people affected by diseases come from the european mainland to visit the medical insitutions of Gran Canaria.

Also residents are convinced of the special influence of the climatic conditions on Gran Canaria. The "island of everlasting spring" offers a wide range of provision of medical care, such as general medicine surgeries, resident specialists, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, a children´s clinic, veterinary surgeries, a toxicological information service as well as farmacies marked with a green cross. Moreover, various wellness institutions and therapy establishments offer exclusive health programmes.

What also should be emphasized is the fact that medical care on Gran Canaria can be equally valued for both private and  national health insured people. There are doctors and dentists coming from different countries. In hotels or in tourist information offices you will surely get recommendations for english speaking doctors and dentists. Many tourists go to the German Doctor´s Centre in Melonares and the British Medical Clinic in Puerto Rico for you will not only get private medical treatments but also translations for test results.

For a medical treatment on Gran Canaria it is necessary to have a EHIC - European Health Insurance Card.