WILLEMSTAD - The judge ordered the Curaçao Medical Center (CMC) to pay at least 327 thousand guilders to a woman for the sudden termination of her application procedure. The then Minister of Health Suzanne Camelia-Römer would have had difficulty with her application, which was already at an advanced stage.
The minister said at the time that there was no political support for the woman. Her Dutch origin would be sensitive, board members later said about the rejection. According to the judge, there was no reason to stop the application at that stage. Sufficient evidence had been provided that the CMC had the intention of cooperating with her up to that point. In the meantime, the woman had resigned from her job at another employer after 29 years to start working at the CMC.