WILLEMSTAD - The current health care situation during the past month has not returned to normal and as a result, the number of patients whose operations have been postponed has also increased.
Given that it is still not clear when the situation will normalize despite the guarantee given by the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) two weeks ago to pay the suppliers in case the St. Elisabeth Hospital itself does not have the option, the Public Health Inspectorate has decided to impose a budgetary instruction to the hospital in accordance with Article 14 of the National Ordinance Inspection, to have the Inspectorate evaluate and monitor during the prioritization meeting in order to closely monitor the material process and resources for care and also the process to normalize care.
All this to guarantee compliance with Articles 8 and 9 of the National Ordinance Healthcare Organizations, including hospitals in Curaçao.
In the context of the evaluation that is now underway to ascertain to what extent the hospital has organized or is organizing the care and also the use of available funds to guarantee the care, last month the hospital unilaterally decided not to go any further with providing relevant financial information for the evaluation to the Public Health Inspectorate.
In this context, the Public Health Inspector decided to give St. Elisabeth Hospital a budgetary instruction in accordance with Article 14 of the National Ordinance Inspection to comply with Article 11 of the same National Ordinance and to resume the delivery of information to the Public Health Inspectorate so that the Inspectorate can comply its supervisory duties as required by law.
Public Health Inspector
Prof. S. O. Keli