The current government has invested approximately RD$898 million in the refurbishment and equipping of hospitals, as well as in the construction of new health centers around the country, according to Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez, Listin Diario reports. As an example, more than RD$200 million worth of equipment, medical supplies, and refurbishment has been provided to the Jose Maria Cabral y Baez Regional Hospital in Santiago. The completion of the Los Alcarrizos Hospital represented an investment of RD$480 million. Construction has begun on two hospitals in the municipalities of Navarrete and Pedro Garcia in Santiago, with a capacity of 40 and 20 beds, respectively, and representing an investment of RD$150 million. Also, RD$30 million is being invested in the refurbishment and equipment of Toribio Bencosme Hospital, Pascasio Toribio Piantini Hospital and San Vicente de Paul Hospital, located in Moca, Salcedo and San Francisco de Macoris, respectively. Rojas Gomez also mentioned the construction of a new emergency unit at the Dr. Luis E. Aybar Hospital at a cost of over RD$9 million and the reconstruction of a 15-bed emergency unit at Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia Hospital in Higuey.