Curaçao Medical Center is the main hospital of
Curaçao
Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in the southern Caribbean Sea (specifically the Dutch Caribbean region), about north of Venezuela.
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. It is located in the
Otrobanda
Otrobanda is one of the historic quarters of Willemstad, located at the southwest side of the city, in Curaçao, a Lesser Antilles island in the Dutch Caribbean. Otrobanda was founded in 1707, and has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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district of
Willemstad
Willemstad ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the cap ...
, and serves a replacement for the
Sint-Elisabeth Hospital.
The hospital opened on 15 November 2019,
and has been constructed next to the Sint-Elisabeth Hospital.
As of 2021, the hospital has 300 beds, and a staff of 1,170 people.
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
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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. The Curaçao Medical Center opened on 15 November 2019,
and all the existing patients were moved to the new hospital. The hospital was fully operational in one week.
References
External links
Official site*
Hospitals in Curaçao
Buildings and structures in Willemstad
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