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08-24-2011, 04:40 PM
The Washington Post recently focused on the high cost that the Dominican Republic health system incurs as a result of the large numbers of Haitian women who migrate illegally with the main intention of giving birth in Dominican hospitals free of charge. In a report on the situation, The Washington Post writes that most migrant women have no papers, "but the armed Dominican soldiers guarding the gate dividing the two countries let most of them through."
The scale of the problem for Dominican health authorities is highlighted in the article. "Haitian women make up roughly half of the patients giving birth in Dominican hospitals, officials here say. They come because they don't have access to health care in Haiti, especially since last year's earthquake. They come because they can get free health care in the Dominican Republic each year, and so that they can have their babies in hospitals instead of on the floors of their homes," as reported.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/women-leaving-haiti-to-give-birth/2011/08/12/gIQAN9YyXJ_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/women-leaving-haiti-to-give-birth/2011/08/12/gIQAN9YyXJ_story.html)
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The scale of the problem for Dominican health authorities is highlighted in the article. "Haitian women make up roughly half of the patients giving birth in Dominican hospitals, officials here say. They come because they don't have access to health care in Haiti, especially since last year's earthquake. They come because they can get free health care in the Dominican Republic each year, and so that they can have their babies in hospitals instead of on the floors of their homes," as reported.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/women-leaving-haiti-to-give-birth/2011/08/12/gIQAN9YyXJ_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/women-leaving-haiti-to-give-birth/2011/08/12/gIQAN9YyXJ_story.html)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)