DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Presidency signed a memorandum of understanding setting the framework for an agreement with the Montefiori Academic Health System of Medicine in New York and the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) in the Dominican Republic. The initiative seeks to foster collaboration for better services for Dominicans living in New York.

The memorandum of understanding also addresses academic and technological aspects so that health professionals in the Dominican Republic can acquire knowledge and experience working hand in hand with the medical staff of Montefiore.

President Luis Abinader said that the initiative will help to integrate further the services of Montefiore, a public, state hospital in New York, that is also an academic hospital.

Montefiore Medical Center is a premier academic medical center and the primary teaching hospital of...