Great Bay (GIS):--- Minister of Health Cornelius de Weever along with the Inspector General (Health) of St. Maarten and the BES Islands and several advisors from the health sector attended a meeting with the French side to discuss with Vice-President of the Collectivite of Saint Martin Dr. Louis Jeffry and French Medical Regional Agency Stephan Barlerin several health topics and the current issues involved.
The objective of the meeting is to share information, increase cooperation and improve efficiency where possible.
Minister De Weever said that it was a pleasure to be here in the council hall and thanked all for coming to the meeting. Although this is an introductory meeting, I wanted to discuss several important and pressing matters.
The agenda was as follows:
- Inventory of the services that are offered by the French side and its current status, and the refinement of the continued working relationship,
- Look at the quality care, referrals, and ways to collaborate more
- Update on Women's Health Symposium
- Blood Bank cooperative possibilities
- Mental Health treatment capacity
The two groups shared information and updated each other on recent developments, and revealed the areas of more cooperation. There were discussions as well relating to French side medical fees, surveillance challenges, like Dengue and flu, guarding quality of the health care system, expansion plans, preventive issues, amongst other issues.
