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05-13-2009, 04:00 PM
Last year the Ministry of Public Health spent US$16 million on treating Haitians seeking services at public hospitals in 2008. Most of the Haitians are illegal immigrants. The Ministry of Public Health said that 595,233 free consultations were provided to foreigners, of which 98% corresponds to Haitians, both legal and illegal. As reported in El Dia, Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said that state hospital doctors treat all patients, and would continue to do so. He went on to say, "we have proposed that since we are a poor nation, that these totals be recognized as a payment that could be accrued to our foreign debt," said the Minister. The services include patient consultations, emergencies, lab tests, hospitalization, surgeries, C-sections, natural births and vaccinations.
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