Hoy newspaper urged that the government disburse immediately the December and January National Budget allotments to several social institutions. The newspaper says that its sources indicate that the Asociacion Dominicana de Rehabilitacion, Instituto Dominicano de Cardiologia, Instituto del Cancer, Instituto Dermatologico, Patronato de Ciegos (help for the blind) and Instituto de Diabetes have not received their December and January allotments. The institutions have not taken their plight publicly trying by other channels to collect. While subsidies are small, the money is vital for the institutions to pay their personnel’s salaries. The editorial in Hoy newspaper says that honorary boards staffed by volunteers supervise these important community institutions.
