HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN
Quality of health care is regulated
Secondary health care in the Netherlands Antilles is provided in hospitals. There are seven hospitals on Curaçao, with a total of 1,187 beds, 46% of them in the Sint Elizabeth Hospital (Sehos) and 16.9% in various specialized institutes for the disabled and drug addicts.
The Netherlands Antilles National Ordinance on Health Institutions (NOHI) provides rules for governing institutions providing healthcare in the Netherlands Antilles. The definition of health care institutions in the NOHI is very broad.
The NOHI regulates, amongst others, (i) the establishment of healthcare providers in the Netherlands Antilles; (ii) buying of medical devices by such institutions, and (iii) regulating the quality of the healthcare provided by such institutions.
The NOHI distinguishes between institutions providing health care in general and hospital institutions. Hospital institutions are institutions providing health care that have been appointed by a National Decree as being hospital institutions.
Karel Frielink
Attorney (Lawyer) / Partner
