Council halts new med schools

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The National Council for Science, Technology and Higher Education has called a halt to opening any new medical schools in the Dominican Republic. According to Higher Education Minister Ligia Amada Melo, the idea is to strengthen the schools that currently exist as well as modifying and modernizing their curriculum. The ministry is coordinating the renewal process, working closely with the Ministry of Public Health and the nine universities that currently offer medicine. The minister rejected the idea that any of the current medical schools would be closed. There is the position that teaching hospitals are working at capacity, and do not have room to accommodate more students.

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