GREAT BAY:--- The island of St. Maarten will soon have a Mobile Medical Clinic that will go through the various districts offering basic medical care to the residents. The mobile unit is equipped with an examination room, bathroom, reception area and waiting room.
The Mobile Medical Unit has already been shipped after a representative from the Social & Health Insurances inspected it before approval for shipping.
"Focus on prevention screening in the community in cooperation with foundations like the sickle cell foundation and other foundations/medical schools that we do community outreach with," said Minister of Public Health Social Development & Labor, Cornelius De Weever.
Second Ambulance Post opens in Simpson Bay.
GREAT BAY:--- On Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 10AM the second Ambulance Post will open in Simpson Bay on the grounds of the Red Cross building. A second substation has been in the plans for quite some time. Seeing the growth in the Cole Bay, Maho, Simpson Bay area, and the volume of calls received during the first half of the year, which amounted to approximately 500 calls, it became a necessity to open a second Ambulance post. Having a second Ambulance post in this area will enhance the response time, whereby the Ambulance can reach quicker to emergency calls in this area.
