What Can Majuro Hospital Treat — And When Do You Need to Go Elsewhere?
For a small island nation, the level of medical care available at Majuro Hospital is substantial. Services include an Emergency Room, outpatient clinics, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, rehabilitation, and medical records. On the primary healthcare side, the hospital also provides
environmental health, reproductive health, STI/HIV services, a leprosy program, a TB program, immunization, behavioral health, non-communicable disease management, family planning, oral health, and neighboring islands outreach.
Visiting specialist teams add to this capacity regularly — volunteer doctors visit Majuro on a regular basis, and the Taiwan Health Center coordinates monthly specialist missions to work at the hospital. For most routine medical needs, general surgery, emergency care, and management of chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension, Majuro Hospital can handle the job.
That said, there are limits. Most tertiary care patients are referred off-island to hospitals in the
Philippines and Hawaii. The most common reasons for referral include cancer treatment, congenital conditions, and orthopedic surgery.
