The president of the Dominican Medical Guild (CMD), Wilson Roa, criticized the Migration Agency for not enforcing migration laws and for not impeding the flow of Haitians to the Dominican Republic. Every day hundreds of Haitians enter the country, including many seeking to give birth for free at Dominican public hospitals. In an interview with the Corripio Media Group, Roa said that it is not the role of the physicians to decide the nationality of those who seek services at a hospital. He said it is up to Migration to control the migration of undocumented persons.
Roa said that when foreigners, be these Haitians, Cubans or Venezuelans, or from wherever, seek the services they often have no health records for attending physicians to exam and hence these patients are at an increased risks of developing health complications during treatment. He said when this is added to the shortcomings of the public health system in general, higher mortality rates at our public hospitals may be expected.
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16 May 2018
