President Hipolito Mejia sent to the Senate agreements signed with US corporation Mapet International Foundation for the construction and equipping of four hospitals at a cost of US$500 million. The government would provide the land on which the hospitals would be built and would grant full tax free status for all imports needed for the construction and operation of the hospitals. El Caribe newspaper has raised many questions as to the credibility of the Mapet corporation after its researchers found out the foundation had an inactive status in the state of Florida. The newspaper investigators also questioned why the DR government has to provide a US$10 million letter of credit in order to access a US$30 million donation for a reforestation project proposed by the same foundation.
