Health

Gaia Spa is just ½ block south of the square on 3rd Avenue and one block from the lake. Enjoy one of our many healing and therapeutic massages and treatments, then have some refreshing juices or natural hot chocolate. Stop by anytime to check out our health and beauty products, music, and art or just have a glass of wine or a cold beer and catch up on your email. Gaia is open 7 am to 4 pm, and on Fridays and Saturdays from 7 am to 10 pm (closed Monday) – stop by to see our menu and monthly events calendar, or call us at 983 834-2963.

Centro de Salud, public Primary Care facility, 3rd Avenue between 22nd and 24th streets in Bacalar, near the Fort and opposite the Post Office, Bacalar, Q. Roo, Mexico. Open 7 x 24 with physician in attendance all hours. Onsite pharmacy and lab for blood and urine analysis. Specialized programs for at-risk population (prenatal, diabetic, etc.) Appointments and routine care (including dentist) from 8:00 am until 2:30 pm Monday through Friday; emergency medical care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Birth suite for routine deliveries; no surgical or imaging facilities. Ambulance on site. Telephone 983 834-2756.

Dr. Antonino Casteñeda, General Practice physician accepting patients, including pediatrics and geriatrics. Office and Pharmacy at #832 Eighth Street (one block east of Highway #307), Colonia Jor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Bacalar, Q. Roo, Mexico 77930. Office Hours: 9 am to 9 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday -- drop in or call for appointment. House calls available. Emergency care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. May be in attendance at the Centro de Salud. Cell phone: 983 110-3822.

Dr. Ma. Letitia Rodriguez Maldonado, General Practice physician accepting patients. Office and Pharmacy on 7th Ave. at 28th Street, Bacalar, Q. Roo, Mexico 77931. Office Hours: 7 am to 9 pm, seven days a week; drop in service.

Pharmacies in Bacalar are, curiously, found on 7th Avenue between 20th and 30th streets. Most are open seven days a week and carry a variety of first aid supplies, medicines, and common pharmaceutical products. Generally speaking, for narcotics and less common pharmaceuticals, a trip to a pharmacy in Chetumal (such as that associated with the Carranza Clinic) is required.