10% of hospital emergencies at public hospitals are to Haitians

[Dolores]

According to the National Health Service (SNS), public hospitals gave free medical services to 93,579 patients of Haitian origin who sought services at the emergency wards. This compares to 937,014 Dominican patients, thus Haitians were 10% of the total. Most of the Haitian patients were women arriving to give birth. In most cases, the Haitians receive free services. Poor Dominicans regularly pay a fee for the services to cover basic costs even when they have government insurance.

The breakdown of Haitians requesting services at public hospitals in 2024 (as of 16 December 2024) was:

Engombe Municipal Hospital, located in the Santo Domingo West municipality of the Santo Domingo province, that treated 60,685 emergencies — 19,340 (31.8%) Haitians and 41,345 Dominicans (68.2%).

San Lorenzo Maternity in Los Mina, in eastern Santo Domingo, with 46,073 emergencies —...

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[NanSanPedro]

I'm actually surprised it's that low. I would have guessed 25%

 

[CristoRey]

I'm actually surprised it's that low. I would have guessed 25%

Was thinking the same thing. With all the Haitians working in the construction sector it's got to be higher than 10%.

 

[windeguy]

Is the population of the DR estimated to be about 10% Haitian? A million or so?

Then 10% kinda makes sense for emergencies.