Inside CMC
WILLEMSTAD--In the first two weeks after the opening of Curaçao Medical Centre (CMC), nearly 3,800 persons were treated there, of whom 83 had to undergo surgery.
According to interim Director Gilbert Martina, not everything is running 100 per cent yet at the new hospital, but a lot of work is being done on the various sore points. That includes an investigation into a complaint filed after a patient recently died.
The Public Health Inspectorate is looking further into this case, but Inspector Sirving Keli believes the probable cause is outside the hospital. Deterioration of the patient’s condition began a few days before admission to CMC in primary care, he explained during a press conference.
The Inspectorate received a report on the incident from the hospital’s emergency committee and has taken over the probe.
