NewsWhore
11-20-2006, 04:00 PM
As many as 70% of children in the eastern region of the Dominican Republic are born to Haitian parents. This, according to Otto Pena Guzman, is the case in Altagracia, La Romana and Hato Mayor provinces. Hoy newspaper confirmed this information in each of the areas mentioned and also found that the same applies in San Pedro de Macoris. According to the doctors, the problem is not the births or the caesarian sections, but rather the complications that the women arrive with. According to Dr. Pena Guzman, doctors are obliged to treat all humans, but that caesarians and further surgical procedures are expensive. According to the doctor, the hospitals in Higuey, Altagracia, Francisco Gonzalvo and Leopoldo Martinez, are not equipped to handle the large increase in births. These are spurred by the influx of Haitians and others looking for work in the building industry. Fortunately, and in spite of the increased numbers and the large numbers of underage pregnancies, the mortality rate is low.
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