Cay Hill:--- The Supervisory board of the St. Maarten Medical Center ordered the hospital's Medical Director Dr. George Scot to fire Dr. Smit on Thursday. SMN News learnt that Dr. Smit was fired early Thursday morning for abandoning a patient that he was operating on early Sunday morning. SMN News broke the story on Wednesday when we learnt that Dr. Smit abandoned a patient who he was busy performing a C-Section operation on when he saw another doctor enter the operating room. According to the Minister of Health Cornelius de Weever, the Inspectorate of Health was busy investigating the case on Thursday. Sources at the hospital said that the hospital's Medical Director Dr. George Scot fired the gynecologist before the investigation was completed. Efforts made to reach the hospital's medical director on Thursday proved futile.
