Traumatology Hospital for Cibao

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President Leonel Fernandez has cut the ribbon at the formal inauguration ceremony of the Professor Juan Bosch Traumatology Hospital in La Vega, on the Duarte Highway. Construction of the hospital began during the Mejia administration. As reported in Diario Libre, the hospital was built and equipped with commercial bank financing guaranteed by the US government export agency, US Eximbank at a cost of RD$1.25 billion. The hospital has seven operating rooms, offices for 26 doctors, 18 beds in the intensive care unit, blood bank, laboratories, and facilities for responding to emergencies. The central location was chosen to contribute to a reduction in the number of deaths from emergency cases. The director of the Cibao region for the Ministry of Health, Ramon Alvarado told Diario Libre that there are about 5,000 emergency cases each year, but that 20% of patients would die because they do not receive medical attention in time.

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