After the death of Mildred, who on 7 February 2011 in the Wellness Kliniek in Genk surgery was, continued the family struggle with huge questions. A feeling of helplessness dominated all those years. “We didn't understand why she died so far away from home, in a country with a different language, different customs and a different legal system”, las Robert his self-written letter for. “Now after eight years, that feeling of helplessness. Mickie was a mother, a daughter, a sister, a wife and a friend to many. By her death, we are all a piece of ourselves is lost. She was the glue of the family, and we are actually all in the other cases, but we try to find the pieces to glue.”
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Robert Starkes
The mild prison sentences and low fines up to 500 euro that advanced included Robert, undeniably, but, to him, are not the most important. The future counts. The quality standards for the private sector should, according to him, in Belgium, absolutely improve. “We know that Mickie is, what the outcome of this case will be. We hope that measures will be taken to prevent such deaths in the future in other families can prevent it.”