Press releases and Feature stories | St. Maarten Medical Center

St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) recently hosted a seminar at the Divi Little Bay Beach Resort titled ‘Change Towards Quality and Safety’ which was organized by SMMC’s Quality and Safety Department and facilitated by a leading quality expert from the Netherlands, Dr. Everard van Kemenade.

In our community there is a common health disorder that is hiding in plain sight among a great number of men in our community. Doctors see it in their practice on a regular: men continuously struggling to lead healthy lifestyles; men who have metabolic syndrome.

“It is a calling” - The Sint Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) has over 200 nurses on staff; each of whom play their part in saving lives on our island every day. Nursing, it is not a glamorous job but one that every one of us needs at a certain point of our lives. Unfortunately, we don’t often take the time to show how grateful we are for the patience, empathy, care and hard work our nurses put into their jobs. Natasha Gordon, Jules Carty and Corwin James are three of these dedicated nurses work...

In this article we highlight some of the underlying causes of kidney disease and steps that can be taken to avoid or limit these causes.

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