Press releases and Feature stories | St. Maarten Medical Center

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.

In observance of Mother’s Day, on Monday, May 15th, 2017, the Strictly Business Foundation donated several gifts to mothers at the Obstetrics and Gynecology ward (OB/GYN) at the St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC).

Dr. Mieke van Haelst, Clinical Geneticist at the Academic Medical Center (AMC) and Free University Medisch Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, teamed up with the St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) during her visit to the island in an on-going effort towards advancement in care given to patients with congenital abnormalities.

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.

The St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) hosted Free Clinical Breast Cancer Screenings on Saturday, October 29, 2016. This event reached remarkable numbers specifically to the women public with over one hundred women receiving breast examinations.