Surgical/Internal Medicine ward and Women/Maternity ward
Due to COVID-19 precautions, patients are only allowed one visitor per visiting hour between 11:30am - 12:30pm and 6:30pm and 7:30pm. All visitors must check in with security.
Pediatric Ward Due to COVID-19 precautions, patients are only allowed one visitor per visiting hour between 11:30am - 12:30pm and 6:30pm and 7:30pm. All visitors must check in with security.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Due to COVID-19 precautions, visiting patients admitted to the ICU ward is only possible on a case-by-case basis and in consultation with the patient, their family and the ICU Supervisor.
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The mission of the St. Maarten Medical Center is:
SMMC provides high quality, accessible and affordable hospital care in the best interest of the patient, by closely cooperating with strategic partners, within a safe environment with motivated, qualified and competent staff.
St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) is an ambitious and growing hospital organization on St Maarten. With more than 300 employees, 25 specialists and a capacity of 69 beds, we continuously strive to ensure safe, quality health care.
Our primary service area is St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba which represents a total population of approximately 60.000 people, constituting a multi-cultural mix with more than 100 different nationalities. In addition, we offer health care services to the 2 million annual visiting tourists.
SMMC is preparing to start construction of a state-of-the-art new hospital, the St. Maarten General Hospital, with the aim to expand its services and offer ‘Quality Care Close To Home’ in order to accommodate the increased care demand of the people of St. Maarten, its visitors and neighboring islands.
The vision of the St. Maarten Medical Center is:
SMMC is the general hospital that guarantees high quality hospital care based on patients’ needs, to residents and visitors of St. Maarten and her surrounding islands, close to home.
“We are always striving to be better in the things that we do. As such, we are constantly in need of persons who are ready and willing to serve the people of St. Maarten, their own people. Together we will improve the level of care, not only in the number of services or specialties we offer, but the quality of care we provide, close to home “
Kees Klarenbeek
General Director
“Working at SMMC is more than working in the hospital to me, but working in and for St. Maarten. My job brings me great satisfaction; to work on the island that I call home, caring for my community whom I call my people. The appreciation we get from our patients can never be expressed in money or words. Our patients will occasionally remember their surgical procedure but they will always remember the personal and highest quality care and service that we give. We cannot give anything less than our best.”
Dr. Felix Holiday
Medical Director
SMMC is committed to the ongoing improvement of the quality and safety of care provided to its patients. The hospital’s main focus is to reinforce a culture and environment where all employees are patient focused and provide the highest of quality care services in accordance with national and international best practices. By adopting the concept of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), the hospital strives to better meet client needs and exceed their expectations. Our patients and staff are central in our CQI, whereby their Safety, Health and Satisfaction are the pillars defining our quality care. Through tracking of key quality and safety indicators, we are dedicated to improved patient outcomes.
As we shift our organization towards a new General Hospital, we are aiming to become a Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited organization which is considered the gold standard in global health care. JCI accredited organizations are rigorously evaluated and must demonstrate committed compliance to quality care delivery based on the most current evidence-based practice standards. This means SMMC is working to improve and implement high quality care initiatives, patient-safe policies, practices, and procedures required to meet those standards.
Our aim is to develop SMMC to a prominent medical institution in the Caribbean in order to deliver quality care close to home. The new St. Maarten General Hospital will be a state-of-the-art hospital, Category 5 hurricane resilient and means an expansion to the following:
The total employee base for the St. Maarten General Hospital will be approximately 400 FTE’s.