Medical Information
If you become sick or hurt, the Consular Section has a list of local doctors, dentists and medical specialists, reproduced below. This list is released on the condition that it not be published.
If you are injured or become seriously ill, the Consular Officer will help you find medical assistance and, at your request, inform your family or friends. The Embassy and Consular Section cannot assist with payment for medical care.
Embassy Praia assumes no responsibility for the professional ability or reputation of the persons or medical facilities whose names appear on the following list. The names are arranges alphabetically by island and the order in which they appear has no other significance. This list is current as of May 2008. This list is by no means comprehensive but will give the user a sampling of physicians and medical services available here. A doctor's familiarity with the English language is noted on the list.
Note: The Embassy cannot provide referrals.
Maio Island
Name: Liziana Sofia da Silva Barros
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Delegacia de Saúde, Vila do Porto Inglês, Maio, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 2551010
Home Telephone: 9848249
E-mail Address: lizybarros@hotmail.com
Praia – Santiago Island
Name: Amandio Carvalho Tavares
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Consultório Medico, Caixa postal No. 12, Br. Craveiro Lopes, Achadinha, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-7198
Home Telephone: 261-3372
Fax: 261-8192
E-mail Address: aactavares@cvtelecom.cv
Name: António Carlos A. D. L. Moniz
Specialization: Radiologist
Fluency in English: None
Address: Avenida Amilcar Cabral 127, 2nd Floor, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-7117
Home Telephone: (cell) 991-2217
E-mail Address: X-eco@cvtelecom.cv
Name: Bernardino Lopes Sanches
Specialization: Ophthalmology
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Avenida Andrade Corvo 35, 1st floor, Plateau, Praia, Cape Verde Office Telephone: 261-8997/994-2615
Home Telephone: (cell) 985-4370
Name: Danielson Pereira Barreto Veiga
Specialization: General Surgery and General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: CONSULMED, Avenida Cidade de Lisboa, Fazenda, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-9535
Home Telephone: (cell) 991-1236
Fax: 261-9295
E-mail Address: danielsonveiga@yahoo.com
Name: Domingos Dias Teixeira
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Centro de Saúde, Ponta d’Agua, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 264-23462/264-2320/261-5722
Home Telephone: (cell) 995-8713
E-mail Address: domas_teixeira@hotmail.com
Name: Edna Irene Lopes Mendes Moniz
Specialization: Pediatrician
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Agostinho Neto, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-2142
Home Telephone: 261-2733
Fax: 261-7117
E-mail Address: ednairenelo@hotmail.com
Name: Ema Alice Mascarenhas Almeida
Specialization: Gynecology/Obstetrics
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Centro de Saúde Reproductiva da Fazenda, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-3452
Home Telephone: (cell) 991-5690
Name: Ernesto Rodolfo Mendes Barbosa
Specialization: Dentist
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Clinica Odontoestomatologica, Edl. Comunidades Bloco E R/C -14, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 262-3500
Home Telephone: (cell) 997-3996
Fax: 262-4895
E-mail Address: erbarbosa@msa.com
Name: Graciano António Gomes Cardoso
Specialization: Orthopedic Surgery
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Consultório Orto Trauma, Fazenda, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-9992
Home Telephone: (cell) 991-1200
E-mail Address: gracianocardoso@hotmail.com
Name: Helder Margarito Evora Tavares
Specialization: Nephrology
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Achada São Filipe, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-2142
Home Telephone: (cell) 993-8486
Fax: 261-2462
E-mail Address: heldermet@hotmail.com
Name: Iolanda Maria Fernandes Lopes Landim
Specialization: Gynecology/Obstetrics
Fluency in English: None
Address: Consultório Candinho & Filhos, Travessa Luis de Melo, Plateau, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-2022
Home Telephone: (cell) 997-8060
E-mail Address: iolandim@hotmail.com, bulimundo@mail.cvtelecom.cv
Name: Irenita Almeida Silva Fortes Fregueiredo Soares
Specialization: Cardiologist
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Clinica Pasteur, Rua Santo Antāo, Palmarejo, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 262-7957
Home Telephone: (cell) 992-4443
E-mail Address: menetasvares@yahoo.fr
Name: Israel Troadio Hernandez Martinez
Specialization: Ophthalmology
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Consultório Medico, Predio X-ECO, 1st Floor, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-5514
Home Telephone: (cell) 995-3112
E-mail Address: lhm_ev@yahoo.com
Name: José de Fatima Semedo da Rosa
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Delegacia de Saúde, Plateau, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 2615722/2618246/9918963
Home Telephone: Unknown
Fax: 2613167
E-mail: pjorosa@hotmail.com
Name: Julio Andrade
Specialization: Ophthalmology
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Agostinho Neto or Consultório de Oftalmologia, Rua Jorge da Europa, Achada Santo António, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 262-3733/4
Home Telephone: (cell) 991-5420
E-mail Address: None
Name: Luis Gustavo Gonzalez Antomarchi
Specialization: Radiology
Fluency in English: None
Address: Hospital Agostinho Neto or Consultório Cardiomed, Achada Santo António, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 2613636
Home Telephone: (cell) 992-5112
E-mail Address: lgantomarchi2000@yahoo.es
Name: Luzia Pina da Rosa
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Hospital Agostinho Neto, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: (cell) 981-3142
Home Telephone: unknown
Name: Manuel da Conceição Gomes
Specialization: Surgeon (maxilo-facial)
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Clinica Godente, Tira-Chapeu, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 262-8080
Home Telephone: 262-8665
Fax: 262-7474
E-mail Address: clinicagodente@cvtelecom.cv
Name: Marta Ynés Rodriguez Bastida
Specialization: Gynecology/Obstetrics
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Praia Clinica, Chã de Areia, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 262-3767
Home Telephone: (cell) 995-3206
Fax: 262-2378, 262-3767
E-mail Address: pedrodavid@cvtelecom.cv
Name: Morris Haroun Makar
Specialization: General Surgery
Fluency in English: Yes
Address: Hospital Agostinho Neto, Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 262-1460
Home Telephone: (cell) 991-5185
E-mail Address: morris_makar@hotmail.com
Name: Nevilde Fontes Costa
Specialization: Pediatrician
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Clinica Pasteur, Palmarejo, Rua Santo Antāo, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 262-9525
Home Telephone: (cell) 993-3484
E-mail Address: micilde@yahoo.fr
Name: Roquel Evelize Rocha Fernandes
Specialization: Dermatology
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Consultório Dermatologico, Predio Infotel, 1st Floor, 35, Plateau, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-8997
Home Telephone: (cell) 992-0886
E-mail Address: tikelles@hotmail.com
Name: Sigilfredo Elizalde Jorrin
Specialization: Internal Medicine
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Consultório X-ECO, Plateau, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 991-9847
E-mail Address: elizaldejorrin@yahoo.com.br
Name: Vanda Maria Andrade Alves Azevedo Correia
Specialization: Cardiology
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Agostinho Neto, Plateau, Praia, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 261-2142
Home Telephone: (cell) 997-6882
Fax: 261-2862
E-mail Address: Vandaa@hon.gov.cv Vandaazevedo@hotmail.com
São Domingos – Santiago Island
Name: Gisele Cristine Duarte Modesto
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Sāo Domingos, Santiago, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 268-1130
Home Telephone: 268-1204
Fax: 268-2090
E-mail Address: cafine14@hotmail.com
Santa Catarina – Santiago Island
Name: Luís Dias
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Hospital Regional de Santiago Norte, Caixa Postal 142, Assomada, Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: (cell) 995-7421
Home Telephone: 2651003
E-mail Address: luisdiasar@hotmail.com
Tarrafal – Santiago Island
Name: Fernando Lazaro Ortega Blanco
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Delegacia de Saúde do Tarrafal, Vila do Tarrafal, Santiago, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: (cell) 981-1387
Home Telephone: 266-1722
E-mail Address: blanconando@yahoo.com
Santa Cruz – Santiago Island
Name: Jose Benvindo Tavares Lopes
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Delegacía de Saúde, Santa Cruz, Vila Pedra Badejo, Santiago, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 269-6821
Home Telephone: 269-4345
Fax: 269-6821
E-mail Address: Jobetalo@hotmail.com
Calheta São Miguel – Santiago Island
Name: Isandro Ernesto Silva Borges
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Centro de Saúde, Calheta de São Miguel, Santiago, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 273-1130
Home Telephone: 2732259
Fax: 273-1130
E-mail Address: iborges24@sapo.pt
São Filipe – Fogo Island
Name: Ineida Helena Vaz Cabral
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Regional de São Filipe, São Filipe, Fogo, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: (cell) 996-3749
Home Telephone: 281-4039
Fax: 281-2390
Name: Mário Elisio Semedo Sena
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Regional de São Filipe, São Filipe, Fogo, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 281-2390
Home Telephone: 281-4039
Fax: 281-2390
E-mail Address: Senaneta@hotmail.com
Mosteiros – Fogo Island
Name: Jose Manuel Ledo Pontes da Rosa
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Delegacia de Saúde dos Mosteiros, Vila da Igreja, Mosteiros, Fogo, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 283-1034
Home Telephone: 283-1279
Fax: 283-1495
E-mail Address: jmlp32@hotmail.com
Brava Island
Name: Pedro João da Lomba Morais
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Delegacia de Saúde, Caixa Postal 22, Vila Nova Sintra, Brava, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 2851706/9933980
Home Telephone: 2851936
Fax: 2851402
E-mail: plomba_morais@hotmail.com
Santo Antão Island
Name: Arlindo Nascimento Rosário
Specialization: Pediatrics
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Regional João Morais, Vila da Ribeira Grande, Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 221-1337
Home Telephone: 221-1320
E-mail Address: a2rosario@cvtelecom.cv
Name: Carla Francisca Teixeira Marques Tavares
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Delegacia de Saúde, Porto Novo, Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 222-1130
Home Telephone: 222-2514
E-mail Address: Valusca_33@hotmail.com
Name: Eduardo Hernández Pérez
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Regional João Morais, Vila da Ribeira Grande, Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: (cell) 994-9927
Home Telephone: 221-2229
E-mail Address: eduardo230365@hotmail.com
São Vicente Island
Name: Adelaide Maria Brito Miranda Lima
Specialization: Gynecology/Obstetrics
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Clinica Sameg, Rua Capitão Ambrósio, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 231-5395
Home Telephone: 231-7400
E-mail Address: laidinha80@hotmail.com
Name: Alicia Tereza Fontes Pereira da Silva Wahnon
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Urgimed, Lda, Av. Baltazar Lopes da Silva, Fonte Meio, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 230-0170
Home Telephone: 232-5599
E-mail Address: ericmeno@cvtelecom.cv
Name: Andrés Gustavo Fidalgo Bacallao
Specialization: Pediatrician
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Bairro Lazareto, Mindelo, Sāo Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 231-8515
Home Telephone: (cell) 995-5794
Fax: 232-1987
E-mail Address: familiafidalgo2005@yahoo.com.ar
Name: Carlos Jorge Além Neves Silva
Specialization: Radiologist
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Rua Diogo Afonso 8, Alto Miramar, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 231-0847
Home Telephone: (cell) 991-1123
Fax: 232-2137
Name: Dulce Elsa S. Vieira Lopes
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Baptista de Sousa, Rua Angola N 49, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 221-9082
Home Telephone: 231-1743
E-mail Address: dulcelsa@hotmail.com
Name: Ernesto Hernández Martinez
Specialization: General Surgery and Gastroenterology
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Rua das Irmãs do Amor de Deus 23, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 232-2080
Home Telephone: 232-3252
Fax: 231-2680
E-mail Address: ernesthm63@yahoo.es
Name: Irina Alexandrovna Kolesnikova
Specialization: Pediatrics
Fluency in English: None
Address: Hospital Dr. Baptista de Sousa, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 990-056
Home Telephone: 232-4488
Name: Jacqueline Monteiro de Freitas P. C. Cruz
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Medicentro, Avenida Holanda 2, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 231-8515
Home Telephone: 231-9744
Fax: 231-0428
E-mail Address: Jacquelinecid@yahoo.com.br
Name: José António do Rosário Sousa Santos
Specialization: Internist, Gastroenterologist
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Consultório Medico Dr. Sousa Santos, Alto Mina-Mar, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 232-7575
Home Telephone: 232-9644
Fax: n/a
E-mail Address: sousasantos@cvtelecom.cv
Name: José Manuel Monteiro d’Aguiar
Specialization: Public Health
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Delegacia de Saúde, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 231-02815
Home Telephone: 232-6649
Fax: 232-8529
E-mail Address: jmmaguiar@hotmail.com
Name: Maria Filomena N. Lima Rodrigues Araújo
Specialization: Anesthesiologist
Fluency in English: Yes
Address: Consultório Lobo, Rua Frantzfanon 252, 1st Floor, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 232-2080
Home Telephone: 232-7275
Fax: 231-2680
E-mail Address: filo_lima@hotmail.com
Name: Maria da Luz Salomão St. Aubyn
Specialization: Dentist
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Clínica Nossa Senhora da Luz, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 232-8855
Home Telephone: 230-0656
Fax: 232-8867
E-mail Address: daniel_staubyn@cvtelecom.cv
Name: Naldina Souto Amado Delgado
Specialization: Gynecology, Reproductive Health
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Centro de Saúde Reprodutiva, Bela Vista, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: (cell) 293-1166
Home Telephone: 231-4550
Name: Nilda Gomez Solar
Specialization: Pediatrics and Toxicology
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Baptista de Sousa, Serviço de Pediatria, Alto Miramar, Rua Diogo Afonso 50, Mindelo, Sāo Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: (cell) 993-5851
Home Telephone: 231-1886
Fax: 231-9214
E-mail Address: nildagomezsolar@yahoo.es
Name: Odete Maria Santos Cardoso da Silva
Specialization: Lung disease
Fluency in English: Limited
Address: Hospital Baptista de Sousa, Mindelo, Sāo Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 231-6144
Home Telephone: (cell) 991-4637
Fax: 232-4468
E-mail Address: detesilva4@hotmail.com
Name: Samila Evora Inocencio
Specialization: Endocrinologist
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Avenida Vicente Rendall Leite, Becoz 6, Caixa Postal 376, Sāo Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 231-0496
Home Telephone: 231-0071
E-mail Address: milyinocencio@hotmail.com
Name: Xiomara Mena Horta
Specialization: Pediatrician
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Medicentro, Avenida da Holanda, Mindelo, Sāo Vicente, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: (cell) 992-3010
Home Telephone:
E-mail Address: xiomaramena@yahoo.es
São Nicolau Island
Name: Ivanildo Leite de Melo
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Delegacia de Saúde, Vila da Ribeira Brava, Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde Office Telephone: 235-1130
Home Telephone: (cell) 9825340
E-mail Address: ivanildodemelo@yahoo.com
Sal Island
Name: Mónica Cristina L. D. F. Rodrigues
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Yes
Address: Aldeamento da Murdeira V-75, Espargos, Sal, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 241-1130
Home Telephone: (cell) 994-3702
Fax: 241-8066
E-mail Address: CVMonicaNunes@hotmail.com
Boavista Island
Name: Adilma Soares
Specialization: General Practitioner
Fluency in English: Reasonable
Address: Delegacia de Saúde, Caixa Postal 35, Vila de Sal Rei, Boavista, Cape Verde
Office Telephone: 2511167
Home Telephone: (cell) 994-4909
Fax: 251 1494
E-mail Address: adilma21@hotmail.com