The Demographic and Health Survey 2002 revealed that a woman dies every 24 hours as a result of complications in her pregnancy. The survey is the result of an 18-month study carried out by the Center for Demographic and Social Studies (Cesdem) and sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Ministry of Public Health, the Executive Commission for the Reform of the Health Sector and the Presidential Council on AIDS. The research was financed by USAID. In a somewhat related story, the director of the Doctor Antonio Musa Hospital in San Pedro de Macoris told reporters that doctors working in the facility’s neonatal unit run the risk of being sued if the causes of the deaths of 22 infants during October and November can be determined. Nonetheless, Dr Eulises Mazara confirmed that the some of the fatalities were the result of a lack of oxygen and electricity. As the hospital’s director, Dr. Mazara said that under the General Health Law, the doctors in the neonatal care unit were negligent.