The Ministry of Public Health and health workers unions have reached an agreement to halt a strike that would have paralyzed hospitals for 72 hours. The agreement will rescind the assignment of thousands of health workers to the National Children’s Council (CONANI) and recover RD$49 million that had been transferred to cover their expenses. A total of 120 doctors, nurses, lab technicians, dentists and pharmacists plus 2,009 administrative staff had been transferred to CONANI.