Family of Robert Baker call for change of healthcare policies that limit NHS access to 10 BOT citizens a year
Friends and family of a British overseas territory (BOT) citizen who died after the UK refused him medical assistance have called for reform of “flawed” policies governing healthcare for the territories.
Robert Baker, a 63-year-old dual citizen of Jamaica and Montserrat, died on Friday, after travelling to Jamaica to receive treatment for blackouts that was unavailable in the British overseas territory of Montserrat.
He was receiving care at a hospital in Montego Bay, but his family said that despite the best efforts of the doctors and nurses, he endured immense challenges while in the hospital, which was under renovation.
After undergoing surgery to remove a tumour from his stomach, Baker was discharged but had to return to the hospital, where he said he was put on chairs for nearly two weeks because no beds were available.
