Published: 21 May 2021
~ No more off-island referrals needed for MRI exams ~
CAY HILL:--- St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) officially opened its brand new, state-of-the-art MRI department, dubbed the MRI Suite, during an opening ceremony on May 19, 2021, which was attended by several staff and invited guests including the Minister of VSA, Omar Ottley.
The MRI Suite, which is part of SMMC’s Radiology Department, has been a project that started last year with the lease of a special MRI housing unit in the Netherlands and MRI machine from General Electric in the United States.
SMMC’s Medical Director Dr. Felix Holiday stated during the opening ceremony: “We are proud to have completed another medical care expansion project that continues to deliver on our strategic objective of providing quality care, close to home for the community on St. Maarten and surrounding islands. As we continue building the St. Maarten General Hospital (SMGH), we will not wait with offering medical expansions until we officially open the doors of the new hospital. Instead, we will continue to add services and improvements to SMMC so the community can benefit from those now. The entire SMMC team did a great job and I would like to thank each and everyone for their part in making the MRI Suite a successful reality”, concluded Dr. Holiday.