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Unregistered doctors practicing at the SMMC is nothing new. Dr. Scot have the Human Resource place ads in the Dutch papers advertising for doctors to work in St. Maarten. All sorts of wannabe doctors reply to the add and next thing you know, no background check, no medical certifications but Scot see a white face on a resume saying they are doctors, and whaalaa, they are in sunny SXM enjoying a fat salary, free housing, travel allowance back to holland and so on and so forth. Some can't set foot in a hospital in Holland and others a bunch of fake doctors. Some are even family of Scot's Dutch wife and old school buddies of Scot.

He got them all believing in Holland that he is the biggest person on St. Maarten, even bigger than the very Prime Minister and the governor.

Some years back, he brought in a jacka** cousin in law from holland that didn't know his a** from his head. He was a white unemployed drunk in Holland and Scot cleaned up and give him a cushiony job at the big joke of a Medical Center. Scot pack him back to Holland real fast when the drunk got drunk and spill a lot of beans about scot and how he got to be in SXM. In his drunk state, he even said that Scot is not a real doctor.

Dr. Kibbelaar must be rolling over in his grave.

Dr. Petty warned about the unlicensed wannabe doctors playing with locals lives, I warned about wannabe doctors playing doctor. Some others I know voiced their concerns, but no one listened. Unfortunately It had to take the murder of a well known daughter of the soil to get your f@#king attention.

Dr. Earl Best talking about 7 wrongful deaths? Please don't make me laugh. The living of the dead are nobodies in society. Case dismissed as just another person that died at the HOSPITAL, family bury them and that is the end of that story.

Sarah and William allya real quiet!!! Scot got allya by the balls too? Remember, it is Scot, the board members and wannabe doctors contracted by Scot and don't give a shit foreign nurses that can't read Dutch and English that are killing your voters.

it has been more than 2 years a a baby died and nobody at the hospital can tell the family why the baby died in less than 24hrs at that place.

This is getting from bad to worst. How do they expect anyone to go to that place for treatment again? It's like a nightmare over there and Dr. Scot is Freddy Krueger.

With all respect, the doctors that caused the death of the late Meyers should be jailed. If a driver causes an accident and knocked down someone and they dies, he will be held responsible and be jailed. If a gun owner accidentally shoots someone he will be jailed. If an unlicensed doctor perform an operation and killed his patient, why should he be free?. He cheated the system, lied that he is a license doctor and caused the death of an innocent patient by illegally operating on her. Boy, our country is a waste. Nothing working, not even the laws. St. Maarten became a haven for everything that is against laws and morals.

Seven wrongful death and Scot still has a job... Hum! we got to be goats in the field for no one to see the huge red flag hanging for yearsover that medical institution. Is this going to be another case swept under the rug?

One generally calls once or twice mistakes, what is seven (or more) habits?

Tour our Leaders: ACTION fast before there are anymore victims. Thank you

we should take this news and put it on you tube and all over the world so that the tourist and them can see the shit that is only happening by one individual on this island Mr Scott and his father to should resign because alot of people goes by him with pain and comes out with more pain whoa and the ministers ain't saying nothing? Does Mr Scott have something over them? big shit yet to come and i to need to learn how to sue people on this island because i taught it couldn't happen never to late

they tryin 2 hide a lot of things over there that's why they mad at the health minister

Please do the island a favor and stop the nonsense that's happening at the smmc

The local nurses are probably the dumbest people on the planet. Instead of taking the opportunity and working with the minister to make things better, they prefer to act like chickens without heads taking everything personal.

The local nurses need to step up and stop playing like they don't know smmc is a shithole.

I am a guest on the island for many years, and I have never heard or see such crazyness in my life.

If this was in another country, people would be standing up blocking the government building for explanations.


what is wrong with you people, it seems like you are all asleep

I have never seen more laid back coward people in my life.

Do you know, that this could have been you or your family.

Is it so why they have a private jet now to fly out people.

What if the weather is bad?

People stand up for your rights,
if you don't stand together, you will die one by one.

Sorry, but filing a wrongful death suit will not bring her back. Your efforts are better spent in lobbying to have the situation at the SMMC improved. Your other sister has been awarded an excellent position in that she can use her function as parliamentarian to bring about the necessary legislation to the betterment of this community. Don't let Ruth's pa**ing go in vain.

By the way, where is the legislation that was talked about when Ms Lynch was run over by an impatient truck driver? Is that already forgotten, dear parliamentarians? Too often on this island, people talk and talk and shortly after they forget and go silent once again. If only we could market 'talk for talking sake' and make some good money doing that, we would have a striving economy.

How is it that Dr. Best only now knows that conditions at SMMC "is unacceptable and urgent actions needed to be taken" when Dr. Petit brought this whole mess to his attention some 2 years ago and he did absolutely nothing about it. Dr. Best should be fired as for sleeping on the job. If he had taken a stand back then, many of the deaths that occured in the past 2 years might have been prevented. It's time to clean house.
While we are at it, send that damn Dutch White woman working at the ER back to Holland, too. She's one of Scott's friends and he lets her get away with a lot of nonsense, complain or no complain. Scott picks and chooses who he defends and who he curses out. He is very unfair.

Dr. Best only is working since last year.... have your facts straight !
The person you have to hold responsible is the boss of Dr. Best which is the Director of the Ministry of Health.

Not only should these 2 doctors be prosecuted and jailed, but also Dr. scot for knowingly bringing them in. He is the one playing God with people's life.

And why is he still there? What is going on for the longest while that no body can get rid of him?

And like the touris said up there, yes, SXM is a set of lazy laid back coward people.
They do not stand up for their rights.

It is about time they start bunching up together and start demanding answers and action every time something goes wrong.

AND DR. BEST, SHAME ON YOU. AFTER THE FIRST WRONGFUL DEATH ALREADY THIS SHOULD HAVE COME OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

Now after 7 deaths you have the guts to come out and say so.

And to our politicians, you all are too busy fighting who is going to run the country for your own benefits instead of looking out for the people.

As long as we stay sleeping and just voicing our dumb opinions on a block we will always remain fools and keep suffering the consequences thereof.

Will wait and see what will come out of this.

People ask questions

Are there people picketing the hospital, or governmnet to get action

NO

sitting ducks, waiting to see who is next.

real dumb people.

Besides all the racist remarks here and probably the incompetence of the Dutch doctors, the only one who should get fired is Dr. Scott who hires them and brings disasters to the hospital. If he doesn't know better and has blind eyes then he has to step down asap or government fires him!

Sint Maarten people are not cowards but they are tired.....

This court case, should it be won, will have far reaching consequences for both government, SMMC and the public. Proof will be hard to obtained but with the right support, the case can be won. Keep track of the case of people. To the Olivacci family, you fight your case all the way thru. This is a case that will be in the interest of all, including SxM.

Sometimes when the ma** is just tired, it takes a leader to step up and give them the encouragement they need. You be that hope, Olivacci.

It may not bring back the dead but it will give hope to those who are just dead tied of all the nonsense.

what will it take to get rid of Dr. Scot, when Dr. Petit left te government should have wake up and smell the coffee. What a joke you people are, and to think the staff want to crucify Minister De Weever, I hope he continues the digging.

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SMMC, Inspector general and Health Minister got to go. 7 cases and when the popular one dies then action is taken. Failures on government. If they were practicing without a license, nothing new, but how did the inspector not inspect and send those doctors packing at the time before more people died. He knew as he reported 7 CASES. When was the first case? St. Maarten crying tears about SMMC for years. The family should take government to court for being negligent too. That is why health minister killing the SMMC so, he failed to do his job which is ensuring proper health care. if the inspector general was aware of 7 cases he wait well late to sound his sirens. So government knew and did nothing and is also liable.

7 CASES IS UNACCEPTABLE. YOU WAITED UNTILL A WELL KNOWN PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY DIED TO TAKE ACTION. IF YOUR INSPECTORATE KNEW OF THESE 7 CASES AND ONLY NOW REACTING THEN IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO LEAVE. AS MINISTER OF HEALTH YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HEALTH IN GENERAL ON THIS ISLAND. ENSURING QUALITY CARE IS ALSO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. FOR YOU TO NOW RESPOND IS DISREGARD TO THE PUBLIC AND THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY LOST LOVED ONES. YOU NEGLECTED YOUR JOB AND IT HAS COST RUTH HER LIFE. YOU ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR HER LIFE AND AIDED SMMC. IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE SMMC SHORTCOMINGS AND DID NOTHING. NOW IT IS OVER. YOU ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED A WORTHY MINISTER. SHAME.

please people..this too shall pa** and forgotten as if nothing has ever happend. We make noise for a little while and Dr. Scot ( if he is a real Dr.?) sits back and relax till the noise is over and gets back into business...the rich getting bigger the little man dies....noise over.

Like I said in an earlier post. Conflict of interest that MP DE Weever is on the health committee in Parliament and his family is minister of Health. Cover for cover. His family don't have to answer for his lack of responsibility.

You are so right.

Dr Scott seem to have somebody by their balls.

Can you tell us who is on the Board for the hospital, and who is ultimtely in charge?

It seems that all government entities, are NV, just out of reach of the long arm of the law.

I hope that our dear sweet unfortunate Ruth, did not die in vain.

SUE THEMMMMMM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is exactly why no one lifts a finger to do anything.

When someone, "finally", tries to tackle the problems, they are rooted down into the ground.

Taking actions and measures in such cases is not a 1, 2, 3 thing. Dr Best needed time to investigate the cases in order to present concrete facts to his superiors. Once his report was presented, the Minister of Health could speak out publicly and let Dr. Scot and the Supervisory board know where he stood.

Do you really think that Dr. Scott will go down without a fight??? What good will it do if he takes Govt. to Courts and wins????

Come on people, stand behind the Min. of Health, give him your support to take the required steps and stop just shooting crap.

Just as was done with Dr. Petit. How many of you signed the petition back then???? How many of your were afraid to show your names on that Petition????? Mine was there and believe me ..... not under "HUOM". When so required, no one should be afraid to support the cause. It concerns all of us. Blogging is nice and well but sometimes we must get up, listen to and support those who brings the message instead of crucifying them.

Dr. Mercelina, Romans, Dr. Tjong and several others left and most of the competent, qualified Docs in the E.R. left .... Due to the ongoing situation with Dr. Scott.
With the exception of Dr. Niamut (if still there) we now have docs who don't even touch you but perscribes medication or just send you back home.

Dr. Scott and the supervisory board are the ones to be dealt with, they allowed all of this to continue. Min. de Weever now has the facts he needed, now it is up to Govt. AND the people to support and stand behind him to take measures. Don't do him like ya'll did Dr. Petit.

This is no time for playing politics. William and Sarah do not have to be vocal. They are Ministers just like Min. de Weever, this is his portfolio. Let him do what he has to do and the COM. will support him ..... I am sure.
In the mean time, report any incidents you might have experienced to the relevant authorities to help them make their case stronger.

All the other 6 person's who are not covered by the Olivacce court case need to file a wrongful death concern with the Obertsman, as this department needs to look at the bigger picture of the responsibility Government have to the ppl of this island and not because it's a NV means they can hide. The obertsman can not deal with court cases so the other 6 families need to seek council there. Hopefully Ruth death won't be in vain. RIP Ruth and I hope this court case is to support your children and not those in the family that already have to much. All those with to much as so much part of the big problems on this little 16 square mile island.

ROLAND DUNCAN NEED TO BE FIRED OR DEAD

CNN BREAKING NEWS: Philipsburg, St. Maarten - Large riots broke out during civil unrest on the small Caribbean island of St. Maarten.

According to Gromiko Wilson of Paparazzi news, residents of the small island have set several government buildings and vehicles ablaze on the Dutch half of the island.

According to police sources, the unrest was sparked by a recent death where a patient of the main hospital on the island was accidentally killed by unlicensed doctors who operated on her some weeks ago.

Government troupes had to be flown in from the island of Curacao to a**ist police and government officials in bringing calm to the island. The authorities on the French half of the island are also gearing up amidst rumors that French side residents are also planning to join in the riot.

St. Maarten, a small island of 33.6 square miles and a population of 77,000 is located approximately 300 km (190 mi) east of Puerto Rico. Tourism is the most important sector of the economy (85% of labor force). Agriculture makes up only 1% of gdp so the island relies heavily on imports. The island became an autonomous country within the Netherlands after separating from the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.

According to the U.S. Criminal Intelligence Agency (CIA), corruption is very rampant on the island, especially among government officials. Money laundering, human and drug trafficking has long being known to plague the island.

The USA government is warning American citizens to avoid the island until further notice, due to the current tense situation.

There should be civil unrest. The Pelican saga which is still ongoing got more attention than deserved. Now a hospital that is responsible for the health of the general public and a inspector of health, government that was aware of "cases" and sit back until a well know died and NOT A THING. Where is Lavile today in this case. Where are the hard questions? where is Laveist in this case? and his hard questions? where is the former commissioner of health and his hard questions? You all have to stop and leave. Government knew that SMMC is a death trap. Government knew of other cases. Government did NOT A THING. Now government pretends that health is a priority. We will see when priority time comes again.

Stop trying to start something. What William Marlin what it all for himself. This is his way of outing the other 2.

Laville who was so for the people. Where are you in this? You're not for the people anymore? Why haven't you asked government for a report from the first case? Why haven't you called for "heads to roll". HAHAHHAHA your bottom line is showing.

@ Hold up one minute
You really disgust me with saying that persons should stand behind the Minister of Health.
You write a bunch of shit about other persons when you dont like them. What is this Minister
doing? Nothing. You know what you should do is talk about the many elderly folks who
this same minister took off the welfare list and got them cant eat a decent plate of food.
TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEN YOU WILL MAKE A LOT SENSE AND STOP BEING
SO DAMN HYPOCRITAL YOU DUMB TURKEY.

Laville too busy traveling and meeting with heads of state as the "future Prime Minister of ?????, making HIS people ..... of ????? .... (as THEY put it) proud of him.

Now he on his way to Panama, I guess, to represent HIS people.

"memoirs of DA/SXM MP" ...... SXM who???? My bread buttered back home, I a celebrity now, I don't need ya'll no more. To hell with the Pelican people, they can't do anything for me. I thought most of them coulda vote but just a bunch of foreigners down there.

@ Hold up one minute

You cant step in Laville shoes go and get a life and stop representing the white boy put
your name and dont hide behind a false name. Postulate yourself in 2014. You idiot.
Maybe you should be the Health Minister spokesman. You all are upset because he
kick the white boy in his a**.

May I remind you the ma** we are fighting for the same cause. Calling names or being rude will only divide us not strengthening us for a common cause.
@Hold up one minute, I totally agree with you. This mess did not start today but others sounded the alarm long time ago. Let stand with the Minister in his will to make a change. We the ppl have failed ourselves as well as each other. Do we strike? pickett outside government building, hospital and stand up for our rights? NO!
When the French side does, the first thing we on the Dutch side say "Dem people crazy, they strike for everything" but they do get results. DO WE? NO, not once.
This saga ended with a very loving family member life cut short because of negligence. Many others have gone same way. Now we must stop the TALK and walk the WALK. What do we need to do. Demand action from the Health Minister and his team, Prime Minister or the Queen if necessary but stop fighting each other on this blog.

@ "yardie"

So please tell me what YOU have done lately for the "elderly folks" that the minister has taken off of the welfare list?????
You just sit here and criticize the Minister but what are you doing to help ANY situation on SXM.

If your blog name is an indication of who you are then you in the wrong place, Island condemning MY minister of health.
If he took them off of the list then there must have been good reasons for him to do so.
So tell me, why did he take them off.

If you want to be constructive and do something positive with your sorry arse life then get on the bandwagon when you hear what we "the people" will be doing for the elderly, instead of just depending on Govt. all the time. You should go backa yurrr yard and tell yurrr "yardie Govt." to take care of yurrr elderly, middle age, young people and children.

People like you sicken me to my stomach. All you can do is sit back and break down anyone who tries to do anything positive.

In closing, I prefer to be a "DAMN HYPOCRITAL YOU DUMB TURKEY" than to be a "respectable, white boy arse kicking jackarse like you and Laville put together.

Anyhow, as much as I will disappoint you, I have no more words to waste on a fool like you. Much more important issues to talk about.

Any person with a little bit of pride, getting all dis public criticism, and blame, would say guyz: I RESIGN

But we all know that power is sweet, and absolute power corrupts. But what is even more sweeter, why Dr scot can't resign, is da MONEEEEEEEY!!!!!!!! The money is so sweet, he just can't leave it behind



Check it out:
1 ) a salary as director, making even more than a surgeon who has patient lives in his hands
2) Consultant salary
3) President of the board of directors salary ( he is the only one on that board hahahaha)
4) Goes once a month to Holland (2 weeks) paid by the hospital, travels first cla**
5) Hospital paying for his studies in Hospital management, which will be used to get a job in Holland.
6) He just was was given a new job as General manager of the Pharmacy at the hospital

There is no way this man would leave that place

Ooops, I hear that even if the get rid of Dr.Scot now, he will be laughing because the supervisory board just re-new his contract for 5 more years as a consultant to the hospital
This decision should should be revoked Dam you Clarence Richardson!!!!!!!

And all dis going on while the union from the hospital turn a blind eye

we are now eating the bread that the devil knead.....dr.michel petit wherever you are god bless you,you spoke out and was ostricised at that same institution that has 7 wrongful death cases,that doctor best mention..but what about those not mentioned, government let scot do what he wanted when he wanted where hewanted and how he wanted,all of them in there is to blame not cannot throw the blame on the other,alliance,d.p or up they all sat by and let this man run things his way....people of sxm i smell a revolution coming is only so much the in habitants of this land can take...remember fire in the town(1975) that was when the cups runneth over.if they do not relinquish this greed for power peacefully we have to burn them out people.....

@ hold up one minute
Laville all the way. Get over it and stop criticizing people in this community. Take that
for garping you HYPOCRITAL DUMB TURKEY.

Check it out:
1 ) a salary as director, making even more than a surgeon who has patient lives in his hands
2) Consultant salary
3) President of the board of directors salary ( he is the only one on that board hahahaha)
4) Goes once a month to Holland (2 weeks) paid by the hospital, travels first cla*s
5) Hospital paying for his studies in Hospital management, which will be used to get a job in Holland.
6) He just was was given a new job as General manager of the Pharmacy at the hospital

There is no way this man would leave that place

Ooops, I hear that even if the get rid of Dr.Scot now, he will be laughing because these blogs. the supervisory board just re-new his contract for 5 more years as a consultant to the hospital
This decision should should be when revoked
;-) ;-) ;-)

WELL I WILL MAKE SURE COUNTRY ST MAARTEN GET A PARROT ON THERE NEW FLAG ALL THEY CAN DO IS TALK TALK NO ACTION .LAST IN THERE OWN COUNTRY WHAT A SHAME.

I agree with you Higher Supervision!!!!!!

lets organise a srawing contest for the new flag of SXM deadline 1 november, the new island flag will be presented on 11th ot november.......whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

So saddd!! very sadddd..........people of sxm WAKE UPPPPPPPP
;-)

Why are you all blaming dr. scott, why are you all blaming the goverment.
let's start by blaming ourselves, we the people

Its' we get to vote for a government every 4 years, then vote GOOD, don't vote cause u get a handout.
If we had enough of dr. scott at the medical center, let it be known, stop coming here throwing low blows, and complaing

I bet if i invite all bloogers here to come to the SMMC, and let's protest, tell all nurses, if they not in favor, come outside and sit down with us. and only attend to URGENT matters

let me guess, NO ONE WILL SHOW UP, and all nurses will be worrying about their job security..

It's only when things concern our POCKETS, then we worry, i see this as a big issue, so top the whinning, put foots down, and plan a hang out at the SMMC, with all dem boards.

SCOT MUST GO...SMMC SUPERVISORY BOARD MUST GOO, and make sure we dont' leave until something happens, and not just a promise.

Now put mouths where your fingers are....

Who said when someone knocks down someone and they die they go to prison?. That happens in a country of Law and order and SXM is far from that especially if a foreigner is the victim. The Meyers family should set an example and sue they a** for all they're worth. People should be held responsible for their actions and SXM will become a more responsible place. Do u guys know how much hurt and pain it is to lose a loved one. When it happens to a foreigner those poor people take it slightly and walk away just because they are poor people who come here to earn a living and help their family back home and the perpetrators are set free because they are DUTCH. Soon the united nations will set foot here because there IS NO LAW HERE. GOVT where r u. We understand we have none. soon people will take the law into their own hands. Am still waiting to see what they will do with the woman who killed Crisy last week. Another useful life. People must be accountable for their actions.

I HOPE IF ANYTHING COMES OUT OF THIS, WHICH I DON'T THINK SO, THAT HER KIDS, AND GRAND KIDS, GET THE MONEY, AS SHE WAS THEIR LIFE.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR POLITICAL MILEAGE.

These types of mistakes are happening all over the world. That does not mean that we here have to accept what is pushed down our throats. Dr. Petit made known his findings at the Medical center, but no one did anything about it. That was during the reign of Marietje, he went to the inspectorat of health, he went on raido and television. NOTHING WAS DONE.
There is a story in the TELEGRAAF newspaper of yesterday where mistake was made by doctors at the VUMC since in 2010, the gentleman of 75 years died and his daughter Ellen de Wit is still being sent from one pillar to another The supervisory board is not helping her there either This is a case since 2010. Recently in Holland a patient was told he had prostate cancer and the gentleman went to Germany and had the operation done only to find out afterward that he was given the diagnosis of another man. Four years ago my uncle was being given a colon procedure in Atlanta and he died just after the procedure The children found after the procedure that his colon was puncture during the procedure. I read in the herald of a few weeks ago about Mr. Maduro's operation in the domnican republic that was not not as it should of been Where are we heading?? This is all over the world and. Education is in a mess, not only in medicine but in every field that you can think of. Everything is made easier for the students and they don't have to know the in and outs anymore. The handwriting was on the hall here in St. Maarten, but no one cared intil it was too late for those other people. The nurses are hard working people at the medical center and they no not desderve this type of critisism that is being dished out on them. Where in the world do we have 100 percent doing a good job? Not in any government department for sure. And we too are imperfect, so let us start with our selves and we will make St. Maarten a better place than it is .

They all need to go backa yard. Including Lavile. No matter what at the end of the day that same white man who **s he kick is who made him. That he will never get away from. If he can do that then imagine what else.

It is ok, it take a white St. Maartener and St. Maarten to make that dominican. What he accomplished today is because of that same white St. Maartener and St. Maarten. When William get done with him lets see you talk then.

So when is Interpowpow going to arrest and bring back those 2 kwaks to the island so that we can hang them on the highest Tammond Tree just like how they used to do to we?

Anyway, what do you expect when you selling the future of your country for a bowl of porridge every election for the last 50 years?

wait when doctors start to get shot ongoing operation that was done on sxm infection almost two years now got some nice flying ashtrays waiting