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NewsWhore
09-16-2008, 03:40 PM
Hoy writes that 80% of maternal deaths occur at seven of the country's largest hospitals. These are Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia, Luis Eduardo Aybar (Santo Domingo), Juan Pablo Pina (San Cristobal), San Vicente de Paul (San Francisco de Macoris), Jose Maria Cabral y Baez (Santiago) and the Antonio Musa Hospital (San Pedro de Macoris). Hospital officials have defended their record, saying that it's not always the hospital's fault, but rather because many patients in critical condition arrive at the hospital too late, limiting what doctors can do.

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