2018News

President Medina attends inauguration of new Referencia facility

President Danilo Medina attended the inauguration of the new main facility of the Referencia Laboratorio Clínico, the largest clinical laboratory in the Dominican Republic. The lab that is located on Avenida Luperon in western Santo Domingo and had recently announced obtaining the accreditation under the United States’ College of American Pathologists (CAP’s) Laboratory Accreditation Program. …
2018News

Gerard Butler hospitalized in Santo Domingo

Scottish actor Gerard Butler has been hospitalized in Santo Domingo for treatment of diverticulitis. After on a humanitarian mission with Marys Meals in Haiti, the 49-year old actor Gerard Butler was hospitalized at the Centro de Diagnóstico Medicina Avanzada y Telemedicina (Cedimat) in Santo Domingo. He was diagnosed with diverticulitis, according to gastroenterologist Fernando Contreras, …
2018News

Six-year old case brings to the open shutdown of Anti-Rabies Center

The Ministry of Public Health reiterated late last week that vaccinations for the prevention of human rabies are available in all of the public hospitals and Primary Attention Centers. Persons bitten by animals should get the preventive shots. Hector Quezada, the deputy minister of Collective Health, made the announcement to clarify that while it is …
2018News

Punta Catalina to produce 200 MW in January

The executive vice president of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Ruben Jiménez Bichara, reaffirmed last week that the Punta Catalina coal-fired generating facility would begin operations between January and February 2019. He says the plant will make generate 200MW for the national electrical grid. Jimenez Bichara made the announcement when speaking during the monthly …