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Health Care: Doctors, Hospitals & Walk-In Clinics
Hopefully your stay on Cape Cod will be free of injuries and illness. Should you require medical attention, there are several doctors, walk-in clinics and hospitals prepared to take care of you. Here is a list of Cape Cod health care providers with addresses and phone numbers:
All the towns on the Cape have 911 emergency capability. (You can dial 911 from any location on the Cape.)
Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital both offer 24-hour emergency care (Designated area of the hospital to receive and treat patients suffering from sudden trauma or medical problems, such as accidental hemorrhage, poisoning, fracture, heart attack and respiratory failure.)
All the following health care facilities offer urgent care (This area may or may not be in a hospital. It is designed to minimize wait times and treat patients who usually do not require hospitalization but need care for minor accidents/injuries and minor health problems.
Cape Cod Hospital
24-hour emergency service
27 Park Street
Hyannis 508-771-1800
Falmouth Hospital
24-hour emergency service
100 Ter Heun Drive
Falmouth 508-548-5300
Falmouth Hospital Urgent Care Center / Bourne Health Center
1 Trowbridge Place
Bourne 508-743-0322
Falmouth Hospital Urgent Care Center / Sandwich Health Center
2 Jan Sebastian Drive off Rt. 130
Sandwich 508-833-4950
Fontaine Medical Center
525 Long Pond Drive (exit 11 off Rt. 6)
Harwich 508-432-4100
There are several walk-in health care providers available for non-emergency health care needs. Some of these health care providers may require an appointment if there is no available opening. (Not located in a hospital. Designed to treat minor infections, sore throats, fever as well as general check-ups, pre-employment physicals and school physicals):
Mashpee Family Medicine Mashpee Health Center
5 Industrial Drive Suite 100
Mashpee 508-539-6208
Mid Cape Medical Center
489 Bearses Way
Hyannis 508-771-4092
Orleans Medical Center
204 Main Street
Orleans 508-255-8825
Outer Cape Health Services
3130 Route 6
Wellfleet 508-349-3131
Outer Cape Health Services
49 Harry Kemp Way
Provincetown 508-487-9395
Saint Luke’s Health Alliance
900 Route 134 Suite 1-2
South Dennis 508-385-0890
Cape Cod has been officially designated “heart safe” by the local American Heart Association and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for providing early:
- Access to emergency care
- Cardiovascular resuscitation
- Defibrillation
- Advanced care
Cape Cod Healthcare
1 877 Cape Cod (1-877-227-3263)
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