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NewsWhore
01-11-2011, 02:30 PM
A quarter of all patients seeking medical attention at the Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital in Santo Domingo are Haitians. El Caribe reports that last year the hospital treated 400,000 patients, carried out 5,000 surgical procedures and admitted 14,280 sick children. In 2010 there were 763 deaths at the hospital, or 6%. This is down from 844 in 2009. Medical statistics from the hospital show that 25% of all children treated were Haitian nationals.

The center has 350 beds. The average stay is 7 days, and it operates year round with 100% occupancy.

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