WILLEMSTAD - The Financial Supervision Board (CFT) again expresses its concerns about the precarious financial situation of the Curaçao Medical Center. The ongoing losses threaten the operational continuity of hospital care, says the CFT.
According to the committee, no reserves are kept for necessary maintenance of the hospital building and replacement of medical equipment.
As far as the CFT is concerned, the Curaçao government must break the deadlock and address the risks of the CMC's precarious financial situation in the budget and provide cover where necessary. That's not happening now.
Debt
As of July of this year, the CMC suffered a cumulative loss of 148.4 million guilders and an accrued debt to creditors of 104.5 million, of which CMC Vastgoed has the highest outstanding amount.
The debt is slightly higher than the difference in operating costs compared to the old Sehos hospital. As early as 2010, the late chairman of the Financial Supervision Board, Hans Weitenberg, warned that a new hospital can only be realized if the premiums go up. That advice has been disregarded posthumously, so that the annual higher operating costs of 60 million now endanger healthcare.