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SANTO DOMINGO.- The recent cash crunch which has delayed disbursements to the public hospitals is likely from the RD$1.0 billion debt which Health minister Freddy Hidalgo on Thursday said he “found” with various suppliers.

He said he’ll meet with Finance minister Simon Lizardo today to find a solution to that lack of funds allocated to the health centers on a normal basis.

Hidalgo revealed the figure after a meeting with Dominican Medical Association (CMD) president Amarilis Herrera, and pledged to seek a solution to the lack of supplies and overcrowding in public hospitals, as reported by the doctors.

"We must tighten our belts," the health minister said of the debt, and affirmed that his department has already taken austerity measures such as restricting fuel consumption and cutting telephone fees by 20%.

Hidalgo also announced a meeting with his deputy health ministers next week to define their functions and with regional and hospitals directors afterwards.

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Written by: josean, 13 Sep 2012 12:47 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


Can't he treat people on the METRO?

Written by: danny00, 13 Sep 2012 1:44 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
have not been there for a while but that public hospital in pop
a place where people die, where the sick get sicker.
dirty flithy building where its very hard to find a doctor if u need one.
this is the way i remember how the dr government treats their poor.

but the good news is that we have a choo choo train and the blue mall and they akeep on building more of them.
choo choo
all aboard.
Written by: juanb, 13 Sep 2012 1:45 PM
From: Dominican Republic


Where did the money go?

Too bad we'll never know.
Written by: danny00, 13 Sep 2012 1:48 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
The recent cash crunch which has delayed disbursements to the public hospitals is likely from the RD$1.0 billion debt which Health minister Freddy Hidalgo on Thursday said he “found” with various suppliers

YET THEY FIND THE CASH FOR THE SO-CALLED DISBURSEMENTS FOR THEMSELFS.
DONT THEY?
NICE CARS THEY DRIVE AROUND IN AND BEAUTIFUL APTS AND HOMES THEY LIVE.
HEY! LETS NOT LEAVE OUT THE SUITS THEY WEAR.
THINK THEY WILL FINE THE MONEY FOR A OTHER CHOO CHOO TRAIN I BELEIVE.
CHOO CHOO TRAIN.
ALL ABOARD.
Written by: RobertoJose, 13 Sep 2012 3:19 PM
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
I'd like to know who are the suppliers and don't tell me it's Margarita
Written by: Mart1n, 13 Sep 2012 3:22 PM
From: Dominican Republic, North coast
If the medical association would allow alternative medical treatment and not the big pharmaceutical industry the people might start getting cured instead of just maintaining their symptoms. The cost would go down. Long as the big pharmaceutical industry runs everything people will not be cured it is bad for business. They want every one on drugs from birth to death
Written by: BASTA, 13 Sep 2012 5:26 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs/Free abortions for all
I'd like to know who are the suppliers and don't tell me it's Margarita=== 3***s
Written by: MrThelmoAlmeydaRancier, 14 Sep 2012 9:35 PM
From: United States, NJ
RobertoJose,Martin:

You both have a point there.If it is Margarita we will never know who the supplier is.Martin;Sounds
logical your statement "the pharmaceutical industry wants every one on drugs from birth to death"
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