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SMGH Tower Crane lowered due to hurricane season

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SMGH Tower Crane lowered due to hurricane season
Due to the start of the hurricane season, the tower crane for the construction of the new St. Maarten General Hospital (SMGH) has been lowered and will be fully operational again within short.
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SMMC hosts visit of State Secretary van Huffelen

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SMMC hosts visit of State Secretary van Huffelen
On Thursday, May 26th, St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) hosted a visit of State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitalization Alexandra van Huffelen and her delegation from the Netherlands.
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SMGH construction delays due to international developments
Due to international developments, St. Maarten General Hospital (SMGH) construction activities have slowed down over the recent weeks.As a lingering result of the pandemic, there have been delays in purchasing and shipping materials and steep increases in the prices of construction materials. These challenges make it unrealistic to build the hospital at the original price and by the original due date. SMMC and the contractor (FINSO) are working on a solution to address the increased cost of mate...
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Training program Caribbean Health Academy extended
On March 28, the first 31 nurses in the Dutch Caribbean and the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom received their Basic Acute Care training certificates in the presence of the Dutch State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport (M. van Ooijen) and the Ministers of Health of Aruba (D. Oduber), Curaçao (D. Pietersz-Janga) and St. Maarten (O. Ottley). The State Secretary also announced an extension to the CARIBHA program.
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Training healthcare professionals in the Dutch Caribbean
The Dutch Caribbean islands have been experiencing a severe shortage of specialized nurses for the acute care units since the start of the COVID pandemic and the rapid increase in patients with the disease. Amsterdam UMC’s training institute, VUmc Academy, responded quickly to the crisis in cooperation with the hospitals on the islands, which together form the Dutch Caribbean Hospital Alliance (DCHA U.A. i.o).
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