Politics and the hospitals should pay attention to Q fever, according to the governor of Brabant, Ina Adema. #Qkoorts #gezondheid #excuses (translated)
The government that should have been there for you when Q fever broke out was not there. The feeling that you were alone because the government was absent. I regret that. I offer my sincerest apologies for that. On Friday, Minister Sophie Hermans of Health came with apologies. #Qkoorts #gezondheid #excuses (translated)
About two thousand people in the Netherlands suffer from chronic Q fever, often without knowing it, while Minister Sophie Hermans recently offered apologies for the government's earlier negligence during the outbreak in 2007. #Qkoorts #gezondheid #excuses (translated)
Liesbeth Gielis, who lost her father to Q fever, believes the government's apologies come too late and emphasizes that the victims must not be forgotten, as the government should have intervened earlier. #Qkoorts #Gezondheid #Verlies (translated)
"We need to say sorry." This is what then-Prime Minister Mark Rutte said during the Southern Debate in the lead-up to the 2017 elections: "We need to say sorry." #Qkoorts #excuses #Volksgezondheid (translated)
"The feeling that you are all alone. I apologize for that." Q fever patients have been demanding apologies from the government for years. On Friday afternoon, they finally came. "The feeling that you are all alone. I apologize for that," said Minister Sophie Hermans of Health, Welfare and Sport on behalf of the cabinet. #Qkoorts #excuses #Volksgezondheid (translated)
Minister Sophie Hermans has offered apologies on behalf of the government to Q fever patients who have asked for recognition for the shortcomings in the response to the Q fever outbreak that infected tens of thousands of people. #Qkoorts #excuses #Volksgezondheid (translated)
The government acted 'based on the best knowledge available at the time,' wrote Agema. #Qkoorts #Patiëntenrecht #Overheidsverantwoordelijkheid (translated)
"We have acted to the best of our ability," said former agriculture minister Gerda Verburg in 2012 after a hearing. "I can say sorry, but that's an empty word." #Qkoorts #Patiëntenrecht #Overheidsverantwoordelijkheid (translated)
"A government that was supposed to be there for you was not there," said Minister Sophie Hermans (VVD) on Friday at a symposium in Den Bosch in front of several hundred patients and their relatives. #Qkoorts #Patiëntenrecht #Overheidsverantwoordelijkheid (translated)
The cabinet has apologized to Q fever patients for the suffering they have experienced, acknowledged that the government has let them down, and promised to improve the policy. #Qkoorts #Patiëntenrecht #Overheidsverantwoordelijkheid (translated)
We need to say sorry. That’s what then-Prime Minister Mark Rutte said during the Southern Debate leading up to the 2017 elections: “We need to say sorry.” #Qkoorts #Volksgezondheid #Excuses (translated)
The feeling that you stand alone. On Friday afternoon, they finally came. "The feeling that you stand alone. I apologize for that," said Minister Sophie Hermans of Health, Welfare and Sports on behalf of the cabinet. I was touched. Hermans talked about the different conversations she had this year with patients. #Qkoorts #Volksgezondheid #Excuses (translated)
Minister Sophie Hermans has apologized to Q fever patients and acknowledged that the government should have done more to prevent infections, after years of demanding recognition from the victims. #Qkoorts #Volksgezondheid #Excuses (translated)
Health Minister Hermans has apologized to Q fever patients for the shortcomings of the government in protecting people affected by the largest Q fever epidemic in history. #Qkoorts #gezondheidszorg #excuses (translated)
Caroline van Kessel, chair of the patient organization, urges the minister to offer apologies for the lack of support following the devastating Q fever epidemic, which still has a significant impact on the lives of many patients. #Qkoorts #gezondheid #overheid (translated)
