05 April 2020 – Sent additional medical resources to Dutch Caribbean

Intervention Categories: Finance policy and financial aid; Financial aid to health services
Level of Jurisdiction: National

Overview: The Dutch Government has sent additional medical equipment, protective gear and medicines to the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten to help treat COVID-19 patients.

The additional resources has been aimed at enhancing capacity of the mobile hospital (so-called Hospitainer), which has been established with six independent intensive care units to help tackle COVID-19 in the Caribbean Netherlands.
Full details here: https://www.rijksdienstcn.com/covid-19/nieuws/2020/april/5/medische-apparatuur-en-medicijnen-voor-behandeling-corona-patienten-op-weg-naar-sint-maarten