Press releases and Feature stories | St. Maarten Medical Center

CAY HILL: As the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has been activated by the Government of St. Maarten in connection with two confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in French St. Martin, management of St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) has activated its Outbreak Management Team (OMT) to monitor the situation on a daily basis and hereby informs the general public as follows.

SMMC is pleased to inform the general public that from February 27th until March 7th, 2020, plastic and aesthetic surgeon Dr. Marlon Buncamper will be back on St. Maarten for consultations and medical procedures. This will be Dr. Buncamper’s first rotational service at SMMC since becoming a specialist at SMMC in late 2019.

St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) recently purchased a new mobile X-Ray Machine to help broaden the scope of medical care given at the hospital. The new General Electric Optima Digital Portable X-Ray Machine will be used to take portable X-Ray images of critical patients on the wards who cannot be transported to the Radiology Department for various reasons.

SMMC recently provided a train-the-trainer course to healthcare professionals from local healthcare agencies including the Collective Prevention Services, the Department of Public Health, Port of St. Maarten, Princess Juliana International Airport, the Department of Immigration and Ambulance Services on procedures and precautions pertinent to COVID-19, commonly known as the Corona Virus.

SMMC, Social and Health Insurances SZV, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding granting SMMC temporary usage rights for a parcel of land at the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex. The parcel of land will be used for parking by SMMC for the duration of the construction of the St. Maarten General Hospital (SMGH).