Pedriaticians Águeda Pichardo and Marcos de Mota attributed the country’s high infant mortality rate to the deteriorating condition of public hospitals and the high number of teenage pregnancies. The pediatricians call for more investment on behalf of the government in the health sector.
The pediatricians questioned the government’s logic in blaming the physicians for the infant mortality problem. Dr. Águeda Pichardo is the president of the Dominican Pediatrics Society in Santiago. Dr. Marcos de Mota is president of the Scientific Committee of the 7th Pediatrics Sessions and the 5th Congress of graduates of the Hospital Infantil Arturo Grullón in Santiago. The physicians noted that up to three patients have shared the same bed at that hospital – an indication of the lack of adequate conditions in many public hospitals in the country. Also participating in the event was the president of the Dominican Medical Guild (CMD) Wilson Roa.
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28 August 2018
