DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Monsignor Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán warns that prioritizing profit over patient care leaves the vulnerable without hope. The Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo in his Sunday, 28 December 2025 sermon, voiced deep concern regarding what he describes as the dehumanization of the healthcare system, warning that the prioritization of economic interests over patient care is stripping hope from the most vulnerable sectors of society.

Morel Diplán cautioned that when medical attention is governed by profit rather than human dignity, the value of a sick person’s life diminishes in the eyes of society.

During his address, Monsignor Morel Diplán lamented that hospitals and health services often place financial goals above the care of the individual. He asserted that a society failing to protect its sick is, fundamentally, a society without hope.

He...