Willemstad, December 27th – Today, for the second time this year, our Cardiology team lead by Dr. Olivier Witte implanted world’s smallest pacemaker in a patient. This pacemaker, Micra®, is implanted in patients that experience a heart rhythm that is too slow. With this particular pacemaker the patient has less chances of complications or infections and also less chance for scarring. The procedure takes one hour.
Willemstad, January 27th , 2023 – The Emergency department, Intensive Care (IC) and Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) are full as we enter into the weekend. There has been a high influx of patients to the Emergency department and CMC is at a point where it cannot handle too many more incoming patients for the mentioned …
Willemstad, November 26th, 2021 – On Wednesday, December 1st, Curaçao Medical Center will introduce the new parking system. Patient drop off (less than 10 minutes) and patient parking are free. Parking fee for visitors is ANG 3,- for the first hour and ANG 2,- for each additional hour. If the parking garage is full, the …
Willemstad, August 5th, 2021 – Due to the recent increase in the number of COVID-19 patients with a chance of another potential outbreak in our community, the board of directors Curaçao Medical Center (CMC), in consultation with the internal Outbreak Management Team (OMT), has made the decision to start the escalation process. This is to …
Willemstad, December 20th, 2022 – During the past week, 592 patients visited the Emergency room at Curaçao Medical Center (CMC), of which 97 (16.3%) were admitted to the hospital. This situation places an enormous pressure on the logistical processes. Hospital beds are occupied faster than anticipated, which can result into a longer than expected wait …
