The Minister of Public Health, Dra. Altagracia Guzmán Marcelino, announced that the Spanish government will help equip the regional hospital of San Pedro de Macorís with a Traumatology unit. At present, the Darío Contreras Hospital of Santo Domingo is overburdened with the referral of cases from all around the country. The director of the new hospital will be a Dominican physician who practices abroad who has accepted to return to take over the new responsibility. Dr. Guzmán said that the Ministry has petitioned that the Spanish government donate 51 ambulances to be posted along the nation’s major highways. The Minister of Public Health recommends the use of seat belts in cars and protective helmets for those riding motorcycles in order to reduce injuries in accidents.
