The president of the Dominican Medical College (CMD), Dr. Wilson Roa says that there were only two doctors who forged results to be awarded specialties. However, sources linked to the Ministry of Public Health and others in the medical guild consulted by Hoy, reveal that around 5,000 doctors would have adulterated the papers required for their specialty residencies. The needed research was published in non-existing journals, was plagiarized or edited from conferences rendered by other doctors, according to the story by Altagracia Ortiz in Hoy newspaper.
The publishing of research is a requirement to obtain a place in a subspecialty in public hospitals. Only 60 research papers of the 5,000 presented are authentic, according to sources.
Dr. Roa of the CMD has formed a commission to investigate further. He warned that there would be consequences for those responsible.
The medical guild of Santiago and that of the eastern region of the country were found to have authorized the most suspect fraudulent papers.
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Z101
30 July 2019