Janae Matute - last night on the news the whole nation heard the 14 year old's plea for court0awarded compensation to be paid. As we told you, the Caribbean Court of Justice awarded Janae and her mother almost three million dollars in compensation for medical malpractice that left her with Cerebral Palsy as a consequence of a premature birth. But, it's been 9 months since the decision was handed down by the CCJ and Government has not come up with the compensation.
Today the Prime Minister told the media that Government must live up to its obligation:..
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"There was a whole argument as to whether the doctor was really a servant of the government of Belize, but the court has so decided we need to pay them. It does go hard against us, but it goes even harder against the poor child and the family, so we need to pay them and so I will now try to find out why it is that there has been no movement with respect with the negotiations of the install payments. I see that Mr. Lumor says he is perfectly incline and although he said that it would also have to approve by the Supreme Court. Well whatever needs to be done, let's get it done so these people can start being compensated as they should be."
We could not reach the financial secretary to find out when compensation payments will be forthcoming - but we'll keep following it.
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