In December 2011 Minister of Public Health Social Development & Labor, Cornelius de Weever together with Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic & Telecommunications, Franklyn Meyers signed the Letter of Intent (LOI) with the American Clinic B.V. for the medical tourism project in St. Maarten.
With the establishment of the medical tourism project there will be several advantages for the island. One is that medical tourism would support tourism to the island while broadening and strengthening the economy base of the country. In addition, by having this project on St. Maarten it would create revenue for the island, as well as employment. Moreover, the investors are committed to establishing medical tourism on the island and are prepared to make a substantial investment in this project to achieve the aim and objective of the LOI.
Thus far the American Clinic anticipated project timeline is pretty much on schedule. At the present moment they are busy finalizing the architectural drawings. Minister De Weever stated that he is pleased with the progress that the group is making and looking forward for to the next phase of the project.
