Oceania
Healthcare and travel insurance in Cook Islands
—health spend per person
Healthcare in Cook Islands
Rarotonga Hospital handles basics and may want payment first; outer islands have small clinics. No decompression chamber; serious cases are evacuated to New Zealand at high cost.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies in Avarua with limited stock; bring regular medicines with prescriptions.
- Emergency: Police 999 · Ambulance 999 · Fire 996 · All emergencies 999.
Healthcare & insurance by place
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
- Cook Islands Tourism
- Smartraveller: Cook Islands
- World Bank open data
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