Curaçao Medical Center

Curaçao Medical Center
Model of the Curaçao Medical Center
Geography
Location	Otrobanda, Willemstad, Curaçao
Coordinates	12.10982°N 68.94238°W / 12.10982; -68.94238
Organisation
Funding	Government hospital
Services
Beds	300[1]
History
Opened	15 November 2019[2]
Links
Website	cmc.cw
Lists	Hospitals in Curaçao

Curaçao Medical Center is the main hospital of Curaçao. It is located in the Otrobanda district of Willemstad, and serves a replacement for the Sint-Elisabeth Hospital.[3] The hospital opened on 15 November 2019,[2] and has been constructed next to the Sint-Elisabeth Hospital.[3] As of 2021, the hospital has 300 beds, and a staff of 1,170 people.[1]

History

The main hospital of Curaçao used to be the Sint-Elisabeth Hospital which also had a regional function for speciality care for the other islands of the Dutch Antilles.[3] The hospital was constructed in 1855, and was no longer up to international standards. In 2011, it was decided to construct a new hospital next to the existing hospital.[4] The Curaçao Medical Center opened on 15 November 2019,[2] and all the existing patients were moved to the new hospital.[5] The hospital was fully operational in one week.[6]

References

1. "Fact sheet". Curaçao Medical Center. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
2. "Een droom komt uit voor Curaçao Medical Center". ilionx (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
3. "Curaçao Medical Center Curaçao". OZ Architect. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
4. "AT Osborne begeleidt oplevering van Curaçao Medical Center". Consultancy.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
5. "Curaçao Medical Center". United Care Caribbean (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
6. "Curaçao Medical Center, EPD en EIM één week Live na een ongekend grote Big Bang!". Ausser Hofer Bos (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2021.

External links

• Official site
• Media related to Curaçao Medical Center at Wikimedia Commons