2003News

Pan Am Games mobile units

Hoy newspaper reports that the US$400,000 mobile hospitals the government purchased for the Pan American Games are being distributed to Dominican Institute of Social Security centers. The newspaper had reported that the expensive units were parked near the IDSS headquarters, and were deteriorating for lack of use. Hoy reporters were told that three of the five units have now been assigned to the Hospital Estrella Urena in Santiago. These units are equipped with modern medical diagnostic equipment. The Hoy report indicates, however, that some of the expensive diagnostic equipment has already been removed from the mobile units.