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Tuesday 18 sepTember 2018

Care Caribbean Meet-up

(future) doctors who can- with the attendees.
not wait to return to the is-
lands”. Enthusiasm
Several healthcare institu-
Program tions had a positive reac-
The meet-up has been set tion and have confirmed
up to be as interactive as their presence at this event.
possible. The principal goal The Horacio Oduber Hospi-
is together with all of the taal of Aruba, the Saint Mar-
partners involved to help tin Medical Center, as well
design a long-term strategy as the Health Insurance Of-
to make it attractive for the fice BES and The White Yel-
Dutch Caribbean health- low Cross Care foundation
care professionals to return of Saint Martin will fly over
to the islands. Some other to the Netherlands espe-
topics that will be discussed cially for the event. A num-
during the event include ber of students and health-
prevention, the education care professionals from a
of future healthcare profes- wide range of specialties
THE NETHERLANDS ― The and share a genuine con- to connect healthcare pro- sionals with a pre-planned have already signed up
educational foundation cern for the islands. “There fessionals with Dutch Ca- goal to return to the island, for this event, consisting of
WeConnect in a joint ef- is a lot of competition in the ribbean roots, who have as well as future collabora- dietitians in training, anes-
fort with their partner Aso- healthcare field, so we are studied in the Netherlands, tion between the islands thesiologists, ophthalmolo-
siashon Mediko di Antias encouraging employers to to the hospitals and health- within the Dutch Kingdom. gists and doctors working
(Association Medics of the come up with attractive care organizations on the The famous oncologist Bob in fields ranging from psy-
Antilles) will be organizing incentives to be able to at- islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Pinedo, a role model for chiatry to cardiology. “We
the Care Caribbean Meet- tract these Caribbean stu- Curaçao, Saint Martin, the younger generation, are doing our best to reach
up on Saturday November dents back to the islands. Saba, and Statia. To this will give a presentation on as many students and pro-
24th of 2018. On this day Think about for example goal, AMA has spent the the great endeavours he fessionals of several edu-
several health institutions nurses, physiotherapists, last year establishing a da- has made throughout his cational levels (MBO, HBO
and healthcare profes- speech therapists; an at- tabase consisting of the career for his birth country and university) by trying to
sionals will come together tractive job with the pos- Dutch Caribbean students Curaçao. The health min- reach out to all of the differ-
at the World Trade Center sibility to further develop and healthcare profession- isters of all four countries in ent educational institutions
in The Hague, the Nether- themselves is important for als living in the Netherlands. the Dutch Kingdom, as well in the Netherlands” says
lands. this generation of young President of AMA Lung as representatives of the Tanja Fraai. The Dutch Min-
professionals”, says Tanja Jeung: “The Care Carib- various local hospitals have istry of Public Health, Well-
The Care Caribbean meet Fraai, WeConnect man- bean meet-up is an excel- been asked to contribute being and Sports is spon-
up will primarily focus on ager. lent opportunity for us to in the debate on how to soring the meet-up, which
the improvements that can engage in a conversation draw on local paramed- will be free of charge for all
be made in facilitating the Young healthcare profes- with all of the stakeholders ics and medical person- attendees. Additional infor-
return of local healthcare sionals in the medical sector at the nel to the islands. After the mation can be found via
professionals who stud- The Association Medics same time, where we can interactive public session the website https://www.
ied abroad. The world- of the Antilles (AMA) was talk about how to accom- there will be several booths medikoantiano.com/care-
renowned oncologist Her- established last year with modate the supply and de- where the healthcare or- caribbean. q
bert (Bob) Pinedo from the goal to bring together mand in the best possible ganisations can present
Curaçao will be present as young university educated way. We have hundreds of themselves and interact
guest of honor and will give healthcare professionals
a presentation as keynote and students from the is-
speaker. lands who live in the Neth-
erlands. The association
Caribbean students not only consists of medical
In the last few years, We- students from the former
Connect has been making Dutch Antilles and Aruba
great strides in Capacity but also includes gradu-
Building on the islands. With ated doctors, pharmacists
this meet-up, they aim to and many other health-
further stimulate the return care professionals. In less
of healthcare professionals than a year the associa-
from the Dutch Caribbean tion has quickly grown to
islands who have studied include over 200 members.
in the Netherlands. These One of the main goals of
are students and young AMA is to create a platform
professionals who know the where supply and demand
culture, dominate the na- in the healthcare field can
tive languages perfectly meet each other. They try