Resistance in Gonorrhoeae: PAHO calls for strengthened surveillance and laboratory diagnostics
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – In light of increasing reports of extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World...
More Movement for the Elderly this Friday at I & I...
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – More Movement for the Elderly, will take place on Friday, November 25.
Senior citizens are invited to I &...
SMMC welcomes Cardiologist Dr. Emiko Bird
CAYHILL - St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) announced the in-service of Cardiologist Dr. Emiko Bird-Lake as of November 1.
“Dr. Bird brings to our patient...
SMMC specialists hosting Health Educational Lectures
CAYHILL -- St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) will be hosting a series of academic lectures. The lectures will be held on two separate dates, Saturday...
PAHO announces that the American Region marks 25-years Polio Free
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – This week (August 23) marked 25-years since the last case of wild poliovirus in the Region of the...
SMMC Ear, Nose and Throat specialist visits school to talk noise...
SIMPSON BAY, Sint Maarten -- In what will be planned visits to various primary schools, Dr. Dick Wong Chung, one of the Ear, Nose...
SMMC holds ESMP public consultation round
CAY HILL -- St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) held the recently announced public consultation round with regards to the draft Environmental and Social Management Plan...
Breastfeeding is the “Foundation of Life”
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) an executing department of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, the...
World AIDS Day: Know Your Status, End AIDS
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – World AIDS Day is celebrated each year on December 1st. It provides an opportunity to raise awareness, educate...
SMMC officially breaks ground for new hospital
CAY HILL -- During a well-attended ceremony and in witness of the Governor of St. Maarten his Excellency Drs. Eugene Holiday, Deputy Prime Minister...
