Two months after inauguration, a new Montecristi government clinic has yet to open. Residents in Montecristi are complaining that the Centro de Diagnóstico y Atención Primaria inaugurated with the attendance of President Danilo Medina on 18 May 2017 has yet to start offering services.
As reported in Diario Libre, community leader Yanuris Abreu said that residents have to travel to Santiago, some 114 kms away, an about two hour drive because the provincial hospital in being remodeled and is closed. There had been hopes the new clinic would fill this healthcare void.
Abreu said Montecristeños do not understand why the medical staff has not been hired in order to open the clinic.
According to OISOE, the government department in charge of the construction and equipping of the facility that cost taxpayers RD$91 million the interior of the building is finished and fully equipped. Demetrio Castro, representative of the Ministry of Public Health in the province, confirmed the new center has yet to open to the general public.
14 July 2017
