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...
Reminder to Register by March 20 for the March 23rdBreast Abnormalities...
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Women across the country are being reminded to register by March 20 for the free Saturday, March 23rdbreast...
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...
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...
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...
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...
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine Resumes Classes in...
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four months after Hurricane Irma caused American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) to evacuate students and faculty from...
Staying safe during the heat
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- The past week the community of St. Maarten has been enduring some very extremely hot days. Many persons have been...
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...