WILLEMSTAD – According to the explanation given by the Minister of Health, Environment and Nature, the Health Inspectors have the authority to apply fines and sanctions against any public health entity. This is because the law itself provides space for its application. In the case of SEHOS in which Inspector Jan Huurman imposed a sanction supported by his motives, it is not something in which the Minister will take the view that the Inspection is an independent wing. This case is not a matter of the Ministry but of the Inspection. That is the explanation that Minister Suzy Càmelia-Rómer expressed to Èxtra in connection with the measure of Inspector Jan Huurman.
As the Minister continues to explain to Extra, in a case like this, we will have to let the Court perform its evaluation work on the instructions that is given, as indicated by the Law. According to the Minister, on different occasions she tried to explain that the task of the Inspector is independent and is something comparable with a General Attorney, in the sense that it is logically part of a Ministry but not part of a Department. In this case, Inspector Huurman does not fall under the functions of the Secretary General, who is the highest-ranking official of the Ministry of Health, Environment and Nature. For in this case the Inspector acted independently, since our governmental system separates the management of supervision and execution.
As is known, yesterday, Inspector Huurman issued a statement in which he reported the threat measure against SEHOS. He urges the Institution through an order to reincorporate the surgeon M. in his work duties no later than September 1, 2018, this is because the investigations against him are taking too long. And all this puts our Health in danger.
The “sanction” imposed by Huurman is 10,000,000 guilders per day, up to a maximum of 500,000 guilders.
