The country’s main hospitals are ready to handle emergencies during the holiday season according to Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez, who announced an investment worth RD$40 million in medical supplies and equipment for the emergency units. Diario Libre reports that the hospitals that received the provisions are Dario Contreras, Francisco Moscoso Puello, Luis Eduardo Aybar, and San Lorenzo de Los Mina, in Santo Domingo. Hospitals which benefited in other cities are Jose Maria Cabral y Baez in Santiago, Antonio Musa in San Pedro de Macoris, Jaime Mota in Barahona, and San Vicente de Paul in San Francisco de Macoris.