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Local February 3, 2021 | 10:58 am

Haitian mothers flock to Dominican hospitals to give birth

Santo Domingo.- During 2020 111,472 deliveries were carried out in the network of public hospitals, of which 80,768 were performed on Dominican mothers; 30,332 to Haitians and 382 women in labor of other nationalities. That is equivalent, says Dr. Mario Lama, director of the National Health Service (SNS), that 27% of all births that occurred in public centers last year were to Haitian mothers a... Read more