WILLEMSTAD - Last month, two groups of American physicians were welcomed at the Curaçao Medical Center (CMC). The doctors are providing support to Curaçao should a COVID-19 outbreak occur, so that the CMC can continue its regular care to patients as normally as possible. As long as there is no outbreak, the specialists offer support to the various departments in the hospital according to their specialism.
In the short period in which the team is on Curaçao, the CMC has already observed that Curaçao is at their heart. CMC therefore shares one of the experiences where an American doctor made a nice gesture for a person in our local community.
In their spare time, the American specialists sometimes go out and make friendships with Curaçaoans with whom they come in contact. CMC learned how one of these specialists recently developed a nice gesture for a Curaçao citizen. The doctor in question and his colleague needed transportation to get to their various appointments and thus came into contact with a taxi driver who had provided such great service that they started using his service regularly. In the interaction that followed, the doctor was able to gain a better insight into the effect that the pandemic had on the Curaçao economy and, in particular, what this period meant financially for many on the island. This also applies to the situation of the taxi driver, who could no longer afford his vehicle and thus borrowed a car in order to still be able to provide service. This doctor felt he had to do something about the situation of this service provider and he decided to give the driver a car as a gift so that he could continue to support her family. CMC is pleased that these kind of involved doctors have come to Curaçao, who, in addition to providing medical support, also have an eye for the welfare of the Curaçao population during their time on our island.
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