WILLEMSTAD - The Social Insurance Bank (SVB) has issued two warnings to medical specialist Dr Eurel Esseboom for failing to provide proof that he has access to a particular hospital. The specialist has appealed against the warnings and the Court of Appeal has stated that the warnings are unsound because they do not have the character of a decision and therefore have no legal basis.
The problem between Esseboom and SVB started in 2018, when SVB sent a warning for the first time because the specialist had not provided proof. Esseboom already appealed against the warning and SVB decided to leave the decision to their lawyers. However, they stated that they had no jurisdiction to hear the appeal and referred the matter to the Court.
Esseboom then received another letter from SVB in July 2021, containing the second warning with the same allegation. Whereupon Esseboom went to the Court. In response, the Court asked both parties for their views on whether both warnings are in the nature of an order in accordance with Article 3 LAR.