El Siglo reports that the 250-bed Hospital Antonio Musa, construction begun in 1979 and inaugurated 19 July 1999, with an investment of RD$234 million may finally open to the general public next week. Four months after it was inaugurated, it was only last week that the government authorized RD$210,000 payment to improve the power supply at the hospital, which has been described as one of the most modern in the DR and the Caribbean. Reportedly, the voltage at the facility was not adequate for the sophisticated medical equipment that has been installed. Minister of Public Health Juan Octavio Ceballos said that the contractor of the job has said the problem should be resolved by next week. The hospital will serve eastern provinces. Once in operation, the public health authorities will close down the Carl Theodore Georg hospital in San Pedro de Macorís.
