Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport Deputy Secretary General Abigail Norville says an investigation will start to find out what happened in the case of a St. Eustatius Health Care Foundation patient’s death. In photo: Norville (left) and Saba Cares Director Judith Meijer (right) during a tour of the hospital. Photo courtesy public entity Saba/Lincoln Charles.
SABA/ST. EUSTATIUS–Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport VWS Deputy Secretary General Abigail Norville says an investigation will start to find out what happened in the case of a St. Eustatius Health Care Foundation (SEHCF) patient’s death.
She made the remarks in a press release in which she reported on her working visit to Saba and St. Eustatius with a delegation April 3-6. The visit was her introduction to the Windward Islands. The purpose of the visit was to get a good picture of the islands and the developments in the area of care, youth and welfare, it was stated in a press release.
During the three-day visit to St. Eustatius, Norville spoke with various parties and care providers about the experience of the services of Care and Youth Caribbean Netherlands (“Zorg en Jeugd Caribisch Nederland” (ZJCN)) and the care offered on the island, among other things. There was also attention for tasks in which the public entity and VWS cooperate, like the approach to domestic violence and child abuse and the development of sports facilities.
Norville: “I have seen that people on the islands are very involved and resourceful. During my visit, I was also able to discuss the difficult challenges, such as the process of medical referrals. It moves me that the people of St. Eustatius feel that the ZJCN office is not their office. I appreciate that people have been open and transparent.”
The care offered by the medical centre was discussed during the meeting with the SEHCF board and supervisory board. Attention was paid to the developments that healthcare has undergone in recent years and what improvements are needed urgently.
With all the system partners, there was consideration for the tragic news surrounding the recent death of an SEHCF patient. “I deeply regret this incident and I would like to express my condolences. This is a great tragedy for the family, but also for the community of St. Eustatius. I have noticed that it has stirred up a lot of emotions and I understand that. A report has been made to the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate. Based on this, an investigation will start to find out what happened,” Norville said.
“In discussions with the parties, it has been established that we still have a lot to do together. In ensuring good health for all residents of St. Eustatius, good cooperation between VWS, SEHCF and the public entity is necessary. Each party has its own role in this.
“As a result of the visit, VWS, SEHCF and the public entity will jointly initiate actions to offer the inhabitants of St. Eustatius a better quality of care. Part of this will be that parties come together in a steering committee to ensure that improvements take place,” it was stated in the release.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/vws-official-says-investigation-to-start-into-death-of-sehcf-patient
Next step will probably be that all kind of “concerned” politicians in Den Haag are expressing themselves about it. D666 at first, I presume. These gold diggers in the Dutch Second Chamber crib only want to position themselves in the media. To them this is a leverage to more public relations. Nothing more.
If you expect changes to the cruel system from them, keep on dreaming. If you think Den Haag will change, you are thinking besides reality.
It has to be YOU, who can make the change! Stop any participation or collaboration to the Dutch colonial system and their vazals, Francis, Toet, etc.
The dutch treat is sliding someone forward who doesn’t need to have any competences if only she or he has scored points in the dutch game of positive discrimination. Which means that being part of a minority group, or of a part of the population that hasn’t got an equal share in these kind of functions, points are collected based on these extracurricular criteria. It is not the best woman of man for the job, but chosing one that scores minority points. Well known are the many jokes of famous comedians about this, mentioning people with sometimes more than 5 points (gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, invalidity, etc.).
Needless to say these tokens do not help to stop discrimination. Indeed, instead discrimination is promoted and hardened.
Unfortunately, the tokens who let themselves being used for this, are opportunistic as well. For them the end justifies the means. We have many examples on tv, politics or other social communities.
And now the responsible ministry sends a person to smokescreen opinions. It is not the function that was chosen to visit the island!
It all starts at the top.
Within the kingdom the council of ministers and the second and first chambers, have constructed an environment in which exploitation, neglect and discrimination in wealth, income, education, health, etc. is institutionalized. All Dutch ministeries have done their thing to operationalize these policies, and some have done some exaggerations, to set back the population of St. Eustatius even more. Especially in the periode when colonel Knops was in charge, many discriminating measures were taken.
And as in all colonial regimes, always, a colonial elite is created from within the oppressed community. Not surprising that one instrument to lure people is chosing a Commissioner with the same color of skin as the mayority of the Statians. And the civil servants apparatus is set up and populated with collaborators of all kind. Again, at the top, you’ll find many directors and managers who want their piece of the cake. Just looking from management perspective: the island secretary isn’t a manager, she got this job because of her marriage. In such a small organization only one director should be enough, not 5, or even more if you count the dependencies.
The epidemic increase of white Dutch consultants and so-called interim managers doesn’t do any good as well. Their intentions are pretty much biased: a highly paid job in a better climate then European Netherlands. Especially in autumn the planes deliver new vazals on every flight. And the exploitation of the land, the speeding up of building new government operated or influenced premises, appears like the Dutch are constructing their new Madurodam at a larger scale.
The Statian born people and all who have lost their heart to the island with sincere motivations, are a blockade for this colonial elite. But, the almost nazi-like plan with on purpose bad health care, deliberately creating only jobs for followers, is targeted at depopulating the island. The goal is creating a profit center. Exactly the same goal as 19th century governors wrote about.
Dutch colonialist will do a pro forma investigation, and find out that the system nor certain people are to blame. Just unhappily circumstances. And a sorry letter to the family.
And all stays as before. More deaths will come. This is murder by the state! And every commissioner, every government manager on the island, every dutch consultant, every state secretary or minister has blood on their hands. An eye for an eye.