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PHILIPSBURG--The number of Social and Health Care Insurances SZV patients who were refereed abroad for medical care was slightly higher in 2014 compared to the year before, according to figures provided by Acting Minister of Health Rita Bourne-Gumbs during the recent meeting of the Central Committee of Parliament on the draft 2015 budget.
There were 2,096 SZV referrals abroad in 2014 compared to 1,982 in 2013.
According to the minister, there were 996 referrals to Curaçao last year compared to 1,100 in 2013; 401 to Colombia last year compared to 437 in 2013; 603 to the Dominican Republic compared to 368 in 2013; 86 to Aruba last year compared to 48 in 2013; six to the Netherlands last year compared to 14 in 2013; none to Guadeloupe compared to three in 2013; none to Martinique compared to six in 2013; one to Jamaica in 2014 compared to one in 2013; and three to Puerto Rico in 2014 compared to five in 2013.
The minister said SZV currently has contracts with hospitals in Aruba, Curaçao (BMS, Sehos), Colombia (Coomeva, hospitals in Bogota, Bucaramanga, Cali, Medellin), the Dominican Republic (Cedimat), the Netherlands (Holland Intercare), St. Martin (Centre Hospitalier Louis Constant Fleming), Martinique (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Martinique), Guadeloupe, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
