Press releases and Feature stories | St. Maarten Medical Center

This week Men’s Health Week is celebrated around the world leading up to Father’s Day. The purpose of Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men. Going to the doctor plays an important part of maintaining overall health and wellness.

St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) recently started Pulmonology services (which is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the lungs) within the newly constructed multi-purpose clinic which is being shared with Urology and Neurology.

The St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) Emergency Room (ER) recently received a donation from students of the American University of the Caribbean (AUC).

Cay Hill - Last week, SMMC met with the Extraordinary Commissioners (EC’s) of INSO, the contractor of the new St. Maarten General Hospital, and the consortium of the lenders with Minister of VSA Emil Lee in attendance regarding the status of the project.The EC’s were appointed by the Italian Government following the admittance to the Extraordinary Administrative Procedure (EAP) in December 2018 in order to guarantee the continuity of INSO’s business. The EC’s stressed that the St. Maarten Ho...

The St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) celebrated its fifth annual Nurse Orris Jack Bell Award (NOJBA) on May 11th 2019. Nurse Orris Jack Bell herself, legends (retirees), award nominees and their friends and families came out to the luncheon which was held at the charming Little Well Oasis in Cole Bay.