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Suspect drives car into Officer and Destroys Police Bicycle
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Philipsburg: ---On Tuesday April 6th at approximately 03.50 p.m., the police bicycle patrol was busy with their controls in the Back Street in the vicinity of Korte Steeg. The driver of a white Suzuki Jeep with license plate M-9960, with initials W.F. St. J. was ordered to stop his vehicle because he did not pay his road taxes. The suspect who is well known by police ignored the orders of the officer and increased his speed down Backstreet. At that same moment, another patrol officer had arrived on the scene. This officer had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit by the car.[More....]
Gynecology/Obstetrics gets booster with new office space and two Specialists taking service at SMMC.
SMNN - Cay Hill: --- St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) is pleased to announce that gynecologists dr. Marieke Houwert-de Jong and dr. Gerard Wennink started practice April 1, 2010 in the new office facility for Obstetrics/Gynecology at the SMMC. This is part of the plan to strengthen the availability of specialists in this field. Along with dr. Petit who is now working part time and is not on call, the visiting specialists will also provide support to local gynecologist dr. Friday who has his office in the Yogesh building.
Dr. Houwert-de Jong will be here for 4 months, while Dr. Wennink will be here for the coming 3 months. Each bring with them over 27 years of international experience in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology and have worked in various hospitals in different parts of the world including, the Netherlands Antilles. "I'm really touched by the warm welcome that I received here on St. Maarten." dr. Houwert-de Jong said "everyone has been so helpful I can see why St. Maarten is called the friendly island."
Sarah Wescot-Williams; Government playing with our Health
PHILIPSBURG - Democratic Party (DP) leader Sarah Wescot-Williams has levied new accusations against the ruling National Alliance (NA) led Government. According to the former leader of Government, several explanations given by the Executive Council of St. Martin in response to budget questions by the faction of the Democratic have given rise for much concern. "We have tried to make sense out of the bits and pieces of information provided, but that has only heightened the concerns of our faction".[More....]
Food safety infringements found at Sang’s
The Daily Herald - PHILIPSBURG--A "follow-up" inspection of food labelling at Sang's Supermarket last week turned into a major bust on lack of compliance with food safety regulations.
Health inspectors spent four days combing through the supermarket and carted off a total of five truckloads of food and meat products that were expired and unfit for human consumption.
Legally-sold non-prescription medicine a much bigger threat to public health
Dear Editor, I read your articles (Gambling with life: Buying medication on the black market) and enjoyed them. In our local newspapers the journalist most of the time just reports one side of the story and then the next day the other side reacts. However, this time Ms. Judy Fitzpatrick did a much more professional job by interviewing different parties involved before finishing the articles. This shows different angles of the topic and gives the reader better insight and a good overall view of the topic. I hope to see more of this type of informative reporting in the future.[More....]
Health Insurance Scheme must be viable and payable
Dear Editor, Development of a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is very important to the people of St. Maarten, and the scheme will need to be studied, discussed and developed with all entities involved in the medical, insurance, economic, tourism, labour, financial, private and public sectors. The situation on St. Maarten is unique to any existing systems available today. Therefore using calculation of premiums derived from existing systems will jeopardise the viability of an NHIS for St. Maarten.[More....]
Seven gynaecologists to work at SMMC on rotational basis
~Recruitment stepped up for midwives ~ PHILIPSBURG--Seven "experienced" obstetrician/gynaecologists from the Netherlands will be working on a rotational basis at St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) for the remainder of the year to guarantee the delivery of quality women's health care.[More....]
Health Commissioner and SMMC Medical Director Announces Two New Gynecologists
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GREAT BAY (GIS)— Commissioner of Health Hyacinth Richardson and the medical director of St. Maarten medical center announced on Friday the arrival of two new gynecologists who would begin working at the St. Maarten Medical Center as early as Monday. Commissioner Richardson, said that he has had many deliberations with stakeholders to ensure optimal gynecology and obstetrics care on St. Maarten thus enabling his staff to secure the additional specialists. Richardson said the first of the two much needed specialists will begin working as of Monday March 15. The commissioner said he is aware that the medical institution would need more specialists and they are continuing to work towards finding a permanent solution for the island people to achieve better medical care.[More....]
Gambling with life
~ Buying medication on the black market in St. Maarten ~ Conclusion – Part IV By Judy H. Fitzpatrick PHILIPSBURG--Health officials are increasingly concerned about the black-market sale of authentic and counterfeit erectile stimulants such as Viagra, but as their concerns mount, so does the availability of the drugs on the streets and via the proliferation of Internet pharmacies.[More....]
DP raises questions about gynecological care on St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG - The Democratic Party (DP) of St. Maarten sent a letter to the Executive Council of St. Maarten through the Chairman, Lt. Governor Franklin Richards. The letter addresses the concerns of the party about the diminishing state of gynecological care on St. Maarten, pointing out that the Executive Council is responsible for a proper functioning health care system on the island.[More....]
