Filling out the death certificate, its place and interpretation. Easy as pie. It’s either natural death or unnatural death, the rest is a somewhat of a hassle. And frankly; the law doesn’t require anything more.
Only 6,7% of death certificates are completed correctly.
Cecile M. Woudenberg-van den Broek did the 8 year PhD. study, arguing that it doesn’t meet the criteria set by the European Convention on Human Rights.
New legal term: “incomprehensible behaviour”. Almost twice a day authorities “intervene” in Maastricht alone.
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Two passed the threshold and in principle got a mandate. The other 16 unelected replacements, as a whole, accumulated 1768 votes. Equivalent to 1,5 seat in the City Council. #Maastricht (some seats recycled twice) tinyurl.com/hf2db6p
What LU Med School envisions in its new policy is a relaxed, easy to get along with doctor, who feels no “unnecessary pressure to perform”, which is “beneficial to his or her well being”. tinyurl.com/57u6h3pp
So what is the current state of hospital care? Not up to par with the (international) medical standard, study finds.
Progress too frequently obstructed by an outdated poldermodel, in which the Compromise is leading and hospitals’ interests are divided just about evenly: between the doctors, the board and thirdly, the patients.
But if the underachieving hospitals and its doctors knowingly and willfully keep patients in the dark about better, potential life saving treatment elsewhere, as researcher Maike Schepens points out, she touches on something that exceeds the span of healthcare. And probably has a more appropriate place in the penal code.
The Sander Selen documentary (L1) from 2023 intended to inform the public about daily life and the “human aspect” inside the TBS clinic. A rather unanticipated element entered the picture, from the first minute on. Every which way Selen pointed the camera, he captured an elephant in the room.
Thijs H’s lawyer now also is a judge, appointed by the same justice dept. that brought charges against his client. Interesting publication on the law firm’s website, which essentially is a reiteration of the prosecutor’s case. https://t.co/Idoxyk4TJQ pic.twitter.com/Taii5vkSe2
— Eduard van Diemen (@eduardvandiemen) July 15, 2023
I was reading an article on Vara.nl in which the Brunssum PD asked the public “not to stand in our way with your nonsense”. An argument against misinformation online, which in fact sounds more like a (recurring) rant. No substantiation, no concrete examples, what is left between the lines is a heap of frustration.
It actually is a demand for faith and trust. The kind that is reminiscent of pre-internet days, rooted in the all encompassing oath; the police officer as the writer of the truth, and nothing but the truth.
A position they still feel very much entitled to. In an environment where checks & balances are so unashamedly disregarded: total absence of body cams and dashcams, 112 calls remain undisclosed, interrogations unrecorded, just to name a few.
As the landscape changed, however, and each individual became their own publisher, the public started to fill in the gaps. The range of attributes authorities wield at those who provide “unsolicited” input is remarkable, writer of nonsense being one of the milder ones. But if that input just so happens to be directly contradicting the oath, the spotlight is quickly redirected, at the authorities themselves.
In response to which the PDs start yelling, handing out fines and even paying home visits. That’s when you know the counterweight against this Policing On Good Faith approach is firmly in place. The angrier these officers get, you could say, the better it works.
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A few WhatsApp messages from the opposition said more than a thousand words. Cartoonist Oppenheimer encapsulated the sender in this image; the real Renske Leijten. tinyurl.com/yrt2ezj8
Listen how the Mayor of Haarlem, after receiving an apparent cue, personally phones up citizens with “mental problems” in order to have a little chat. Then, after a “sometimes difficult” consideration, he hands a verdict; the decision whether or not to have them institutionalized.
If he has doubts in particular cases and believes a person is completely sane and “another issue is at play”, he is staying on the safe side, and has him or her locked up anyway. Just to make sure that no bad individual slips through and the peace & quiet is preserved.
(KRO De Verwondering 23 okt 2022)
Council of State “complicit” in dubious collection methods of the Revenue Service.
The so-called FSV database came into being in 2013, and held 270.000 names by 2020. Based on tax fraud “signals”. Generated by algorithms, which turned out to have a built-in bias. Or simply conjured up at the desk of the overzealous RS employee. Added by a steady stream of anonymous info via tip lines.
Names of parents, for instance, who made use of the childcare benefits program. They were requested, out of the blue, to justify their application. A miscalculation of 10 euros earned them the title fraud. Plus an enforceable claim of the total amount received, sometimes over 10.000 euros, payable as of now.
Obviously, these practices lacked any legal basis, concurs professor of administrative law Bert Marseille. Victims went to court, but the Council of State judges categorically ruled in favour of the tax authorities.
Families of non-western descent in particular were affected, they fell into a dire financial situation. On top of that their children were taken away. Over a thousand. “There is not necessarily a causal connection”, a spokesperson from the Statistics Bureau says.
But that statement has long been overtaken by actual reports from society about these Out of Home Placements (UHP’s), by multi-disciplined units, in many cases led by the Salvation Army.
"Because every second counts" is the slogan at the Emergency Room in Weert. Before midnight, however, the stopwatch stops ticking, because the ER-physicians clock out at exactly 23:00h. https://t.co/mBBFWq8evd
— Eduard van Diemen (@eduardvandiemen) November 4, 2021
Of all the professionals available to help form a corruption free Province Government after Bovens & Co. left, the representatives chose Mr. Onno Hoes. Which says more about these representatives than about Hoes.
I myself voted for Pascalle Plusquin of the Animal Party, current chairwoman of the Integrity Committee. When I used her public WhatsApp number 06-10919855 to alert her to some documents produced by the Maastricht PD and DA’s office, she blocked me. Other MPs just ignored me.
Pressured basically by an NRC publication, Parliament had no option but to tell the King’s Commissioner to leave, although strictly speaking it only was the far right PVV that proposed a motion of no-confidence. But Bovens didn’t feel inclined to wait for the verdict, so it never came to a vote. He just walked away.
Subsequently all parties consented to opening the door for the axed mayor of Maastricht turned real estate broker Hoes, pictured here in the yearly Servatius Procession next to Bovens. If one were to quantify the proceedings, on balance, it would comfortably amount to a net progress of -50%.
And no headway in sight. The key is lying in the Province of Limburg Parliament. Not that it is hidden or anything. Members just have to look from a different angle. Somebody eventually will pick it up and unlock the door to the 21st century.
You don’t have to be a forensic expert to see it: typical way of drawing lines, combined with a compulsive urge to jot down these erratic small dots. A signature style that’s omnipresent in 3 of the 4 situation sketches.
They were the end result of a session in the Maastricht Court on 5 November 2007. Presided by judge W.E Elzinga.
75 Years Liberation
Valkenburg, 25 June 1945. A group of 100 jews, survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, arrive by train. 18 men are arrested by the Dutch Military Authority and immediately transported to labour camp ‘Up To No Good’. Separated from the rest of the family, the men have to work in the gravel pit in nearby Vilt. In between captured SS men and NSB members.
