St. Maarten Private Eye

I and others believe that when someone enters a hospital in vital need of life- saving treatment then the issue of insurance comes AFTERWARDS. It should be policy and it is a cost any decent society has to accept. What if it was you, unconcious arriving there, with the hospital or police unable to contact anyone who can bring your medical insurance for you? No, when it comes to life and death, treatment must be given in such cases.

Also, the question of Martin being denied treatment because he was Haitian is also very important, I do have to question if treatment would have been denied to a white person or tourist. I personnaly think there is a great deal of racisim against Haitians on the island, they are blamed for so many problems and so often treated badly and looked down upon by so many, yet the politicians that allowed so many immigrants to the island and failed to plan well get off scott free.

Geno may well have caused the chain of events and he should have his day in court. But there is much more to this story and if you think it all should be ignored then shame on you. Did you imagine that is was a family member of yours? That sat on the road bleeding to death for almost an hour waiting for the ONLY ambulance on the island, and then died in the hospital while awaiting insurance to be verified? You are the one who needs to get a grip pal.

Those issues need to be addressed, as does the failure of the hospital to give a report to the prosecutor that was requested. Either that or the prosecutor is lying about not getting it. These things need to be addressed too. I have no problem with Geno facing charges, but if he is charged for Martin's death then there is a problem here if the SMMC and Police are not up there on the stand too. It's a shame of course that the island can't afford breathalizer tests for accidents like this, they cost a few bucks by the way. Why don't we have them? Another issue that needs to be addressed.

As for a few months ago. Did you read this link?. It was discussed before. Also, anyone can make comments, they can even write blogs if they want to, because one person may say something it doesn't mean everyone else agrees or thinks the same thing.

Who are you saying doesn't care about the deceased? Me? If you look back up the comments you will see that a troll posted a stupid comment about newspapers that I responded to, it was certainly not my intention to go off topic. I notice now below a comment about the cricket children who were detained. (Banging head against screen).

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