🇳🇷 Nauru Healthcare Guide
One hospital, the Republic of Nauru Hospital, with very limited specialty care — serious cases are evacuated to Australia or Fiji. Bring all medications you'll need.
Quick facts
- Emergency number: 112
- Ambulance: 111
- Healthcare system: limited
- Average GP visit: $30 USD
- EHIC/GHIC accepted: No
- Language barrier: low
Healthcare overview
Healthcare on Nauru is delivered through the Republic of Nauru Hospital (RON Hospital) in Denigomodu and a primary care clinic in Aiwo. The system is government-funded and free at point of use for citizens; visitors pay nominal fees out of pocket.
Capabilities are basic: primary care, general practice, basic surgery, maternity, and stabilisation. Anything complex requires medical evacuation, usually to Australia (Brisbane or Cairns) or Fiji (Suva CWM Hospital). Diagnostic imaging is limited — there is a CT scanner but no MRI.
Vaccinations
Recommended
- Routine vaccines up to date
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Hepatitis B (longer stays)
Prescriptions and pharmacies
Bring all prescription medications you'll need for the full trip. Pharmacy stocks at RON Hospital are limited and frequently run out, especially for chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and asthma.
Foreign prescriptions are not directly fillable. Carry medications in original packaging with a doctor's letter listing each by generic (INN) name, dose, and indication. There are no retail pharmacies outside the hospital.
Medication brand names follow Australian conventions — Panadol for paracetamol, Nurofen for ibuprofen. The hospital pharmacy is the only dispensing point.
If you need a specialist consultation (cardiology, endocrinology), expect a referral and self-funded medevac to Brisbane or Suva. Travel insurance with evacuation cover is essential.