Flamingo Urgent Care

Health & Medical in Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Flamingo Urgent Care is a medical center in Playa Flamingo, in Carrillo, Guanacaste, for people who need same-day evaluation without starting at a hospital. It is also called Flamingo Medical Center and belongs to Medi Red Costa Rica, a network of coastal clinics. If you are near the marina, in the village, or in a neighboring beach town, start here. Use it when a problem should be seen soon and the person can travel.

Same-day care or a true emergency

Use the clinic when someone is stable enough to get there, yet waiting for a routine appointment would be unwise. On this coast, people often look for same-day help with cuts, ear pain after swimming, sprains, fever, stomach illness, and heat-related dehydration. Describe those details when you make contact so staff can say whether you should come in, request a house call, or go elsewhere.

Severe chest pain, trouble breathing, uncontrolled bleeding, signs of stroke, a serious accident injury, or an unresponsive person need emergency services first. Ground ambulance and air ambulance move a patient after that decision, or when a clinician says a hospital is the next step. They are not a reason to delay help on the ground.

What Flamingo Urgent Care can do

General practitioners see urgent problems and routine consultations. Dr. Melissa Lizano, license 17759, and Dr. Camila Franceschi Calderón, ID 18571, are the general practitioners named for this clinic. Their work covers everyday visits and fast decisions when demand is high.

Home care is offered day and night if leaving a rental or hotel is difficult. Ground ambulance is available for urgent transport. Air ambulance covers medical transfers inside Costa Rica and internationally when a higher level of hospital care is needed. Ask which option fits before anyone starts moving.

When you contact the clinic, describe the symptom or injury in plain language. That conversation is how you learn what can be treated on site, whether a house call is smarter than a drive, and whether a hospital is the better first stop.

Call +506 4070 4141 before you drive

Weekday hours are posted from 08:00 to 22:00. Weekend times do not match. One schedule shows Saturday and Sunday from 08:00 to 17:00. Another shows Saturday into the evening and Sunday closed. Emergencies are listed around the clock on both. Call +506 4070 4141 before you leave, especially on a Sunday, a holiday, or late in the day.

You can also email info@flamingourgentcare.com or send WhatsApp to +506 8492 1010 to request an appointment. Phone is still the fastest way to learn whether the clinic is open now and whether your symptom belongs there. From a foreign mobile, keep the +506 country code.

If your travel policy requires an assistance line before urgent care or air transfer, make that call first, then contact the clinic. Ask what payment or coverage is accepted, and get the entrance and parking while you are on the line. Bring photo identification and a payment method that works in Costa Rica.

How to find the clinic in Playa Flamingo

The clinic sits at Flamingo Marina in Playa Flamingo, Carrillo, Guanacaste. Tell a driver both Flamingo Urgent Care and Flamingo Marina. Similar beach names along this coast send people to the wrong town if you only say Flamingo.

Give yourself extra time. Roads along this stretch of coast slow in rain, after dark, and when beach traffic is heavy. If you are coming from Brasilito, Potrero, Tamarindo, or a hillside rental, say where you are starting so staff can judge travel time.

Bring ID, a payment method, and a short history

Pack photo ID, insurance cards or policy numbers, and a written list of medicines, doses, and allergies. Note when symptoms started, whether they are worse, and any recent injury, insect bite, heat, or time in the ocean or pool. Visitors should add the lodging name so a follow-up or house call is easier to arrange.

Mention the language you use most easily, and say whether you want an appointment or a walk-in. If air transfer could become relevant, keep passports together, plus any details on who authorizes a flight, how payment works, and which hospital would receive the patient.

After you are seen, request written instructions, medicine names, and warning signs that mean you should return or go to a hospital. Visitors should request paperwork a home physician or insurer may later need. If a prescription is issued, fill it before you head back to the house or toward Liberia.

Keep the rest of the day simple

A morning visit leaves daylight for medicine, rest, and a quiet afternoon at the house. If you fly soon, say so. Cabin pressure can worsen ear and sinus pain, and the clinician can tell you whether travel still makes sense. Do not aim for a guessed closing time.

Save +506 4070 4141 in a shared note under both Flamingo and Carrillo so everyone in a household or travel group can find it. If the clinic cannot take the case, ask which nearby Medi Red clinic they recommend. If you cannot reach anyone and the problem cannot wait, go to emergency services rather than sitting in traffic.

Location

Phone: +506 4070 4141