Government faces compensation claim for patient’s solitary confinement death, no response given
PHILIPSBURG — The Government of St. Maarten is under legal scrutiny as it has been mandated to compensate the family of Caulette Julien, who tragically died in August 2020 while in solitary confinement at More...
Eileen Healy: “Not enough money for mental health care and lack of legislation”
PHILIPSBURG — The 2020 budget for the Mental Health Foundation from SZV is Naf 5,455,424. During the meeting with Parliament on Monday morning, November 17, former interim director of MHF Eileen Healy stated More...
Mismanagement at MHF continues
CAY HILL — During a presentation in Parliament on Monday, November 17, 2020, Dr. Kitty Pelswijk described how psychiatric care in St. Maarten is rather uncertain. “One psychiatrist is currently at home More...
Worrisome trend in mental health issues
PHILIPSBURG – Monday’s meeting of the parliamentary committee for Public Health, Social Affairs and Labor about mental health did not pay a lot of attention to the relationship between the Mental Health Foundation More...
Mental health patient dies due to possible overdose of medication
CAY HILL - For the second time in two months, a patient of psychiatrist Dr. Kitty Amarello-Pelswijk, interim director of the Mental Health Foundation, died of unnatural causes. The second victim is an elderly More...
Three months in solitary confinement, then deported
CAY HILL — Before the late Caulette Julien was locked up in the isolation cell of the Mental Health Foundation, another woman was in this cell. 29-year old F.L. was released on April 6th this year after three More...
Een audit bij Mental Health, maar geen onderzoek naar dood van patiënt
CAY HILL — Inspecteurs van de Inspectie Volksgezondheid, Sociale Ontwikkeling en Arbeid (VSA) hebben gisteren een audit uitgevoerd bij de Mental Health Foundation en zullen vanmiddag doorgaan met het controleren More...
An audit at Mental Health, but no death investigation
PHILIPSBURG — Health Inspectors from the Inspectorate of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA) performed an audit at the Mental Health Foundation yesterday, and will continue to audit personnel More...
MP Akeem Arrindell meets with Mental Health Foundation
PHILIPSBURG — United St Maarten Party (USP) Member of Parliament (MP) Akeem Arrindell met on Monday with representatives of the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) to discuss the way forward his party wants to More...
MHF explains hiring process non-BIG Medical Professionals
CAY HILL — In a press release to the general public issued on September 29, 2020, the management of the Mental Health Foundation, MHF, gives an elucidation on the hiring process of non-BIG medical professionals More...
