Hospitals and Emergency Care in Panajachel (Lake Atitlan)

Panajachel has several small medical facilities but no hospital. The public option open around the clock is CAP Panajachel, the Ministry of Health’s Permanent Care Centre in Barrio Jucanya, which the MSPAS registry lists as open 24 hours (4915-6172). The nearest public hospital is the Hospital Nacional de Sololá (Calle final Calzada Venancio Barrios, Sololá; 7762-4121 / 7762-4122), which the UK government (FCDO) list marks as a public facility where you will not need to pay for treatment.

For Tourists at Lake Atitlan

Private clinics in town include Pana Med and Centro Clinico Panajachel (El Hospitalito). We could not confirm their hours, services or phone numbers at a source of their own, so we publish none: call ahead, or in an emergency call 125 (Cruz Roja ambulance). Not to be confused with Hospitalito Atitlan, a non-profit hospital across the lake in Santiago Atitlan, which says on its own site that it provides 24-hour emergency care (7721-7683, Spanish only).

Other Lake Towns

If you are in San Pedro La Laguna, San Marcos, or other lake towns, Panajachel is the nearest medical hub. INGUAT records public lancha service ending between 16:30 and 17:00 every day; after that, AtitlanVida quotes Q300-500 for a private boat. Always know where the nearest lancha dock is and have emergency numbers saved.