President Danilo Medina was at the Ney Arias Lora hospital in eastern Santo Domingo yesterday, Tuesday 10 March to visit Victor Manuel Santos, son of murdered Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines Victoriano Santos Hilario. Santos is being treated for serious injuries sustained during the attack on his father, who was murdered by gunmen who entered his house in Cotui on Friday, 6 March 2015. The case is under investigation and robbery has been excluded as the motive.
Hospital director Dr. Ysabel Santana and Deputy Director Alfredo Polanco said that the President visited Santos in the intensive care unit and spoke to his mother and other relatives, as well as to the surgeon who has been treating him for his bullet-caused injuries. Polanco said that President Medina said he was happy with the care being given to the patient.
Former President Leonel Fernandez, Energy and Mines Minister Pelegrin Castillo, Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito and Environment Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez have also visited Santos.
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