Medical specialist Maaike van der Plas reflects on her perspective as a patient after shattering her elbow and undergoing surgery. She describes the unique opportunity to observe the practices of other medical specialists from the patient's side of the consultation room.
Film director Erik Fleming has been sentenced to two years in prison for distributing ketamine to actor Matthew Perry. Fleming is the fourth of five individuals to be convicted in connection with Perry's death, following previous sentences for two doctors and an individual known as the 'ketamine queen'.
During a court hearing in Haarlem, 40-year-old G.K. expressed deep despair and asked to be permanently imprisoned as officials considered extending his mandatory psychiatric treatment (TBS). After 14 years in the system, the former Heemskerk resident stated he has lost all trust and sees no path forward.
Feminist and writer Karin Spaink has passed away after planning her own death over several months. Her final column, 'Exit Spaink,' has prompted reflections on making the topic of death less abstract and more visible in society.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has recommended that certain passengers on the same flights as a Dutch woman infected with hantavirus should enter quarantine. ECDC representative Gianfranco Spiteri announced the measure during a press conference on Wednesday regarding the affected KLM flights.