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11-09-2006, 05:30 PM
The Metropolitan Hospital of Santiago (HOM) will be the first hospital in the Cibao region to offer bone marrow transplants to patients as part of a cross- institutional exchange with the Technological Institute (TI) of Monterrey, Mexico. Oncologist Liliana Fernandez spoke of the benefits of the program in El Caribe newspaper, explaining that it would allow patients to stay in the DR to receive treatment. Jose Rafael Borbolla Escoboza, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director of the TI in Monterrey said that there is no doubt that this hospital, which is set to open on 20 December, will be a leader in Latin America for its investment in technology and human resources.

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