Medical Assistance

There is adequate quality health care service available in Zamboanga City. Consult qualified medical professionals in these medical centers and hospitals for emergency assistance, health problems or immunization requirements you may have during your visit or stay.

Zamboanga City Medical Center or better known as General Hospital is the largest medical facility in Region 9 in terms of bed capacity. The hospital was founded in 1918 and is located at Dr. Evangelista Street, Sta. Catalina (062) 991-0573.

Ciudad Medical Zamboanga is the newest tertiary, most equipped and advance medical center in Zamboanga. It is a five-storey medical complex located at Nuñez Extension (062) 992-7337.

Brent Hospital and Colleges, Inc. was founded on February 2, 1914 by Charles Henry Brent, the first Protestant Episcopal missionary bishop in the Philippines. It also runs a school offering nursing and allied health courses within its extensive Hospital Compound located at R.T. Boulevard (062) 991-2990.

Zamboanga Doctors' Hospital is the first privately owned hospital established in 1964 and located at Veterans Avenue (062) 991-1929.

Western Mindanao Medical Center was established in 1990 with state-of-the-art facilities and newly reconstructed building. It is located at Veterans Avenue Extension toward Tumaga (062) 991-2506.

Universidad de Zamboanga Community Medical Center (formerly Zamboanga Arturo Eustaquio Colleges Memorial Medical Center) is a university-owned hospital equipped with advanced medical facilities and has a 24-hour pharmacy located inside the Medical complex along San Jose Road (062) 991-1042.

Other specialized hospitals are: Zamboanga Children's Hospital (a special hospital for pediatrics, located at Pilar Street); Salvador A. Cabato Memorial Hospital (located at Tetuan Highway); Edwin Andrews Air Base Hospital (located within the vicinity of Edwin Andrews Air Base, the sole command of the Philippine Air Force in Mindanao); Camp Navarro General Hospital (located inside Camp Navarro, the Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Western Mindanao Command); Zamboanga Puericulture Lying-in Maternity Hospital (located at Pura Brillantes Street); and the Mindanao Central Sanitarium (located at Pasabolong).