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01-05-2007, 01:30 PM
Amidst complaints and scenes of patients waiting in hospital hallways, some in bed, sometimes not, it has been announced that the remodeling and amplification of the emergency room and intensive care units at the Dario Contreras hospital will be resumed. The Department of Health made the announcement through sub-director of Personnel Hector Otero and hospital head Hector Quezada. The money to continue the work comes from an RD$11 billion budget. Quezada says that the refurbished areas will feature all the latest technology and will accommodate 15 people comfortably. According to Quezada, Dario Contreras is the only trauma hospital in the Santo Domingo metropolitan area but it only has 250 hospital beds, the same number it had when it opened, in 1961. The hospital treats 45,000 people a year and Diario Libre reports that 62% of admissions are for motorcycle related injuries.
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