Hospital is OPEN!

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Bob K

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The new hospital on the main road in Sosua (Centro Medico Cabarete) just west of and across the street from the Mulata road is now open. It actually opened on Thursday. All services are being offered, but some are just getting started. There is a 24 hour physician staffed Emergency Room. They are in the process of setting up relationships with all the major DR insurances as well as many forgien ones.
It will be a big plus for the medical care here on the north coast.

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tflea

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Huurraayyyy.
A big plus for the area.
All brand new, top notch equipment.
No more Bournigal most of the time.
 
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tflea said:
Huurraayyyy.
A big plus for the area.
All brand new, top notch equipment.
No more Bournigal most of the time.
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I hope they are able to find good doctors. Anyway I'm glad they're open. Sadly too late for those who died on the way to POP or in the hands of some of our local butchers.
 
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good news for the area, I wonder who the first customer was

now we need a good optician in the plaza next to the new hospital,there was a dentist in there but he didnt last very long (dont know what happened there)
 
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No they do no have a web site yet, but hopefully they will have one in the not too distant future.

Bob K
 
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i was there yesterday. They had open three days ago and had already performed a couple of surgeries (one of which was scheduled cosmetic surgery). Talked to the doctors and got a tour of the place; very nice, modern, clean, etc. Dr. Spitali (neuro surgeon and owner) and his wife (administrator) speak English. My husband consulted with a few other doctors who didn't speak English. They have very good rates for locals and expats . We paid RD$500 for a short consultation. They're getting a state-of-the-art emergency care ambulance soon.
 
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windeguy said:
Excellent news.

Was the RD$500 price of the consultation without having local insurance?
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That was the price of a consultation which resulted in scheduling surgery. Yes, the price was for expats who live here with no local insurance. About US$2,000 (again, for locals) for surgery with one night hospital stay. I understand that they have not yet completed signing up with all the ARS. If you have foreign insurance (which we do) prices may be higher but they will try to bill your insurance directly.

Centro Medico Cabarete, phone number is 809-571-4696

Email: cmc.sosua@gmail.com
 
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That is great news. If anyone knows what range of specialists will be working there, please let us know. And when they get their ambulance, we'd love to hear about that as well.
 
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