NewsWhore
10-19-2009, 04:50 PM
According to hospital authorities in Santiago de los Caballeros, 72% of traffic accidents and 80% of traffic fatalities that happen in the Dominican Republic involved motorcycles. These figures emerged during a meeting between representatives of local and international institutions who were looking for preventive measures. The initiative to prevent traffic accidents involves the Jose Maria Cabral y Baez Regional University Hospital, Columbia University and the Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, the University of Puerto Rico, the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra, the Metropolitan Transport Authority, the National Police, the business community, the Ministry of Public Health and other sectors interested in reducing the negative impact of these accidents.
The event was held at the Cabral y Baez Hospital. Carmen Dominguez, the head of Family Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian, Colonel Van-troy Tejada, the director of AMET in Santiago, and Mr. Rodriguez Almanzar, an expert on motorcycle affairs spoke the sessions. They were joined by Dr. Juan Ramirez, president of the Vanessa Foundation and Dr. Jose Minier, who delivered 200 helmets donated by the Yamaha company.
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The event was held at the Cabral y Baez Hospital. Carmen Dominguez, the head of Family Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian, Colonel Van-troy Tejada, the director of AMET in Santiago, and Mr. Rodriguez Almanzar, an expert on motorcycle affairs spoke the sessions. They were joined by Dr. Juan Ramirez, president of the Vanessa Foundation and Dr. Jose Minier, who delivered 200 helmets donated by the Yamaha company.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)