DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader appointed Dr. Daniel Enrique de Jesús Rivera Reyes his minister of Public Health. The appointment is in Decree 132-21.

Rivera was named three days after President Abinader removed Dr. Plutarco Arias following the Covid-19 syringes tender scandal. The Anti Administrative Corruption Agency (Pepca) is investigating the cancelled tender.

Rivera Reyes is a founding partner, together with Dr. Plutarco Arias, of the Clínica Unión Médica del Norte, the country’s largest private medical center with more than 600 doctors and where 160,000 people are treated every month.

A press release from the Presidency explains Dr. Rivera has directed the Pontifical Catholic Madre y Maestra University medical careers on three separate occasions.

Dr. Rivera is a graduate of the Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) with specialization in Internal Medicine from the Regional University Hospital José María Cabral y Báez.

He has a specialty in Intensive Care...