Public hospital, Poblacion, Kalibo.
Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital
Aklan’s biggest hospital — a 300-bed Level 2 public hospital on Mabini Street in Kalibo, and the end of the referral line for the whole province.
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Tumbokon Hospital (DRSTMH)
Ask for “Tumbokon” or “the provincial hospital” — either works with any Kalibo tricycle driver. It is on Mabini Street in the Poblacion, a few minutes from the public market and the town plaza.
Locally it is often just “the provincial hospital”, which any Kalibo driver will understand.
- TypePublic — Aklan’s end-referral provincial hospital, licensed at Level 2
- BedsAbout 300
- AddressMabini Street, Poblacion, Kalibo, Aklan 5600
- Switchboard+63 36 268 7062
- Emergency room+63 36 268 8590
- Emaildrstmh@yahoo.com
- Websiteaklan.gov.ph/drstmh
- HoursThe hospital states 24-hour operations except in selected departments; the outpatient department runs Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
- LanguagesEnglish, Filipino and Aklanon
- On the mapOpen in Google Maps
This is where a serious case from Boracay ends up. Three hundred beds on Mabini Street in Kalibo, licensed at Level 2, with surgery including trauma and orthopaedics, internal medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics, a blood bank, CT scanning, medical, surgical and neonatal intensive care and haemodialysis — and the queues, crowded wards and long outpatient waits of a busy public hospital.
What it is known for
Being the end of the line. The hospital describes itself as the end-referral provincial hospital for Aklan’s seventeen municipal health units and for nearby towns in Antique and Romblon, and it is licensed at Level 2 with 300 beds — up from 162 before it was reclassified in June 2018. It runs general, trauma and orthopaedic surgery, internal medicine with cardiology and nephrology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, ophthalmology and ear-nose-and-throat, anaesthesia and emergency medicine, a blood bank, X-ray, ultrasound and CT scanning, medical, surgical and neonatal intensive care, and a haemodialysis clinic. Nothing in Aklan is bigger, and nothing on Boracay is close.
Who it suits
Anyone without insurance who needs real care at a price they can pay, and anyone — insured or not — who needs a CT scan, an intensive care bed, a blood transfusion or an operation the island cannot do. It is a busy public hospital and it looks like one: crowded wards, long outpatient queues, families camped in the corridors. English is spoken and paperwork can be issued in English, so the language barrier that troubles visitors elsewhere in Asia is not the problem here. Waiting is.
Cost and insurance
Public prices, published by the province in a schedule you can read before you go. Foreign visitors are not covered by PhilHealth and pay the full listed rate, which is still a small fraction of a private hospital bill in Manila, let alone at home. A deposit is expected on admission and the account is settled before discharge. Insurers almost never direct-bill a Philippine public hospital, so plan to pay and claim. Bring your passport, and ask for an itemised receipt and an English medical certificate before you leave the cashier.
Getting there
On Mabini Street in the Poblacion, in the middle of Kalibo, ten minutes by tricycle from Kalibo International Airport and a few minutes from the bus and van terminals. From Boracay it is the boat to Caticlan and then about 65 kilometres of road, an hour and a half to two hours by van or bus. The switchboard is +63 36 268 7062 and the emergency room answers on +63 36 268 8590. The hospital sits close to the Aklan River, which means the approach roads can flood in a heavy storm.
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
- Saint Gabriel Medical Center — KaliboPrivate, about 120 beds, Archbishop Reyes Street, Kalibo.
- Ciriaco S. Tirol HospitalPublic, about 25 beds, Main road, Balabag.
- Saint Gabriel Medical Center — BoracayPrivate, about 10 beds, Ambulong Road, Manoc-Manoc.