ClinSex (Sexual Health Clinic, Hospital Ramos Mejía)
ClinSex, Clínica de Salud Sexual del Hospital Ramos Mejía
Public sexual health clinic · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Can I go now?
Walk in — no appointment needed
From clinic website· 22 Sep 2026The WhatsApp number is for appointments only. The clinic says it is open Monday to Friday 08:30–16:00.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — Nothing on the clinic's pages about foreigners or documents. City hospitals now bill some non-resident foreigners for non-emergency care: see the city notes.
About
A dedicated sexual health clinic inside a central public hospital that offers rapid HIV tests, sexual health check-ups and PrEP by WhatsApp appointment, and sees people with STI symptoms without one.
- Also serves
- Gay, bi & other men who have sex with men · Trans & non-binary people
Services
Rapid HIV test — Yes
Finger-prick or mouth swab; result in about 20 minutes.
Finger-prick rapid test.
Seen with symptoms — Yes
Will examine and treat if you have symptoms, not only screen.
People with STI symptoms are seen without an appointment.
Treatment on site — Yes
Antibiotics or injections given at the clinic.
The City's 2018 announcement describes STI diagnosis and treatment, with a room for giving treatments. Not restated on the clinic's current pages.
PrEP — start here — Yes
Can prescribe PrEP, including to visitors.
Supplied from the public health system only if you have no obra social or private plan that covers it; ask first whether short-term visitors can start here.
Free condoms & lube — Yes
Booking, access & languages
WhatsAppEmail
The WhatsApp number is for appointments only. The clinic says it is open Monday to Friday 08:30–16:00.
Walk-in — Yes
No appointment needed (check the hours).
Only for people with STI symptoms; everything else is by appointment.
Languages: Spanish
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid HIV test | Everyone | Free The clinic's own services page calls the rapid HIV test fast, free and confidential. |
| All services | Residents | Free The City described the clinic as free and confidential when it opened in 2018. Ask whether non-resident visitors are billed under the 2025 city rules. |
Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.
Argentina: good to know
- PEP in this country. Argentina's Ministry of Health says PEP and PrEP are available free of charge to everyone who needs them under Law 27.675, and that PEP must be started as soon as possible and no later than 72 hours after the exposure. The page does not say how this applies to short-term visitors.Published by Ministerio de Salud de la Nación· 19 Sep 2026
- PEP in this country. Fundación Huésped says PEP is free and available at public health centres and hospitals, and that it is taken for 28 days. In practice this means going to a public hospital's emergency department (guardia) as soon as you can.Community-endorsed Fundación Huésped· 19 Sep 2026
- What visitors pay. Public hospitals are no longer free for every foreigner. The national government says hospitals run by the national state now charge foreigners who are not permanent residents: you must show valid health insurance or pay before non-emergency care. Emergency care cannot be refused or delayed, and the treating professional decides what counts as an emergency.Published by Gobierno de Argentina· 19 Sep 2026
- What visitors pay. In the City of Buenos Aires, a March 2025 Ministry of Health resolution gives foreigners with permanent or temporary residence the same access to city hospitals as nationals, sets a billing procedure for foreigners without an Argentine ID, and states that urgent or emergency care may never be refused or restricted. The community organisations listed here test everyone free of charge.Published by Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires· 19 Sep 2026
Emergency number: 107
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · www.clinsex.org — ClinSex services page (copyright 2025): PrEP, rapid HIV test, sexual health check-up, counselling, condoms, vaccines, referrals; WhatsApp for appointments; walk-in for STI symptoms; PrEP not supplied if your insurance covers it.
- e2 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.clinsex.org — Address inside Hospital Ramos Mejía, Monday to Friday 08:30–16:00, WhatsApp, email, transport (Subte line H, Venezuela station).
- e3 · Published by Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires · 19 Sep 2026 · www.buenosaires.gob.ar — City announcement dated 14 May 2018: ClinSex is aimed mainly at men who have sex with men and trans people at higher risk, with a welcoming space for LGBTI people; free and confidential; STI diagnosis and treatment, rapid HIV test and serology, swabs of genital lesions, PrEP and PEP, proctology and urology consultations, hormone therapy. Ground floor, central hall, right-hand corridor.
- e4 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.clinsex.org — An initiative of the hospital's Immunocompromised Patients Service; aims at friendly, specialised care for people at risk of STIs.
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