Lee reports on World Bank funding for new hospital
PHILIPSBURG — Minister of Public Health, Emil Lee reported on the progress of the St. Maarten Hospital Resilience and Preparedness Project during Wednesday’s press Council of Minister’s press briefing. More...
Innovative laser surgery at SMMC in Urology Department
CAYHILL — The St. Maarten Medical Center has expanded its services. The Urologist, Dr. Diego Ramos, has recently added several new surgical procedures to the department. The specialist, who began his tenure More...
Hospital financing agreement: “A dream coming true”
PHILIPSBURG – The timing may suggest it, but both Public Health Minister Emil Lee and Kees Klarenbeek, director of the St. Maarten Medical Center, made abundantly clear that the signing of the financing agreement More...
Minister Lee approved budget financing for SMMC
Philipsburg — Minister Lee on Friday afternoon, January 12th, met with the Sint Maarten Consumer Coalition coordinators to address their concerns with the Sint Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) tariff increase More...
Consumer Coalition met with SMMC for discussion about tariffs increase
Cay Hill — The Sint Maarten Consumer Coalition was invited by management of the Sint Maarten Medical Center to give background and explanations for the tariff increase announced by SMMC as per January 1st. More...
Hospital wants clarity about Inspectorate’s privacy violations
PHILIPSBURG – The St. Maarten Medical Center considers the publication of a detailed report by the Inspector General about one of its hospital patients who passed away in the Dominican Republic on October 1 of More...
New Internist employed at St. Maarten Medical Center
CAY HILL — The St. Maarten Medical Center welcomed a new Internist-Nephrologist to their medical staff on October 30th, 2017. Dr. Laima Siddiqi-Nadery obtained her MD and PhD degree from the University Medical More...
Medivac at SMMC by helicopter
Cay Hill — Early this morning, an unidentified patient was photographed in the process of being loaded into the cabin of a Bell 430 Helicopter, owned and operated by National Helicopters Inc.. The helicopter More...
SZV settles with Vamed for undisclosed amount
GREAT BAY – The development of the new general hospital is back on schedule as Vamed and SZV have settled all disputes out of court. The appeal procedures on the injunction ruling of November 26, 2016 in the More...
Warning signs
SZV has decided to dig in its heels and appeal last Friday’s court ruling that has brought the development of the new hospital to a screeching halt. Whether that makes any sense remains to be seen. The court’s More...
