Public hospital, Balabag, central Boracay.
Ciriaco S. Tirol Hospital
The only hospital on Boracay — 25 beds, Level 1, run by the province of Aklan, on the main road in Balabag, and the island’s emergency room.
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Tirol Hospital
Ask a tricycle or e-trike driver for “Tirol Hospital” — every driver on the island knows it by that name alone. It is on the main road in Balabag, inland from White Beach and behind Station 2.
Also called simply the Boracay hospital; the older official name was Boracay Island Municipal Hospital and it is still in use.
- TypePublic — Provincial Government of Aklan, licensed by the Department of Health at Level 1
- BedsAbout 25
- FormerlyBoracay Island Municipal Hospital
- AddressBalabag, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan 5608
- Switchboard+63 36 288 3041
- Emailciriacostirolhospital@yahoo.com
- Websiteaklan.gov.ph/csth
- LanguagesEnglish, Filipino and Aklanon — English is an official language and medicine is taught and practised in it
- On the mapOpen in Google Maps
Everyone on the island calls it Tirol. It has 25 beds, an operating theatre, a laboratory, imaging and an emergency room, and it is the facility the clinics and the resorts send a serious case to. It was the Boracay Island Municipal Hospital before it was renamed, and the province has been rebuilding it: a new emergency room opened in March 2026.
What it is known for
Being the only one. Ciriaco S. Tirol Hospital stands on the main road in Balabag, holds 25 beds and is licensed by the Department of Health at Level 1 — the first rung, which means an emergency room, an operating theatre, maternity care, a clinical laboratory and imaging, but not the intensive care and specialist cover a Level 2 hospital must carry. It is run by the Provincial Government of Aklan and was the Boracay Island Municipal Hospital under its old name. The province has been rebuilding it with the Department of Health: an expanded emergency room and a new operating theatre opened in March 2026, and a new ambulance arrived from the department’s regional office in 2025.
Who it suits
Anyone on Boracay with a real emergency, and anyone who needs to be admitted rather than seen and sent away. It is the island’s emergency room, its operating theatre and its ambulance, and it is public, so the bill is the lowest on the island by a wide margin. What it is not is a place for intensive care, a CT scan, a specialist opinion or major trauma surgery — those are Kalibo or Iloilo, and being told so is the system working rather than failing. The province does not publish its emergency hours, so ring ahead if you are setting out in the middle of the night.
Cost and insurance
Public rates, published by the province. A ward bed is ₱500 a day, a private air-conditioned room ₱2,000, and the major operating-room fee is ₱2,000 plus the cost of supplies; there is a reduced charity column, but a foreign visitor pays the full pay column and PhilHealth does not cover you. Expect to leave a deposit on admission and to settle before discharge. Cash is the safe assumption on an island; ask at the cashier before you rely on a card. Ask for an itemised receipt and an English-language medical certificate before you go — both are routine requests and your insurer will want them.
Getting there
On the Boracay main road in Balabag, inland from the beach and behind Station 2, a few minutes by e-trike or tricycle from anywhere on the strip; the road is slow in the evening but the distances are small. The switchboard is +63 36 288 3041 and the hospital runs its own ambulance, so call rather than improvising a lift for anyone who should not be sitting upright. From the southern end of the island, allow ten to fifteen minutes; from Cagban jetty port, the same. Every driver knows the hospital by name, so you do not need the address.
Details checked against the hospital’s own website, September 2026. Call before a non-urgent visit; in an emergency call 911 or the hospital’s own emergency line above. Travel information, not medical advice.
The other 3 hospitals in Boracay and Aklan
- Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial HospitalPublic, about 300 beds, Mabini Street, Kalibo.
- Saint Gabriel Medical Center — KaliboPrivate, about 120 beds, Archbishop Reyes Street, Kalibo.
- Saint Gabriel Medical Center — BoracayPrivate, about 10 beds, Ambulong Road, Manoc-Manoc.