In the UK if you are suffering from a failing in a governmental department you have the right to appeal to your Member of Parliament, i presume that in the US you have that same right with your Representative but what about the DR? A cousin of my wife has made 12 visits to her local Public Hospital to see a Surgeon about problems her little son has but he/she is never there and the hospital administration say they cannot help her. They live in the town of Consuelo near San Pedro de Macoris. Who can she appeal to or how can she find out to whom she can appeal? I hope somebody knows because the little boy only sleeps part of the night the rest he cries with the pain.