{"id":164488,"date":"2021-09-10T07:27:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T11:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=164488"},"modified":"2021-09-10T10:59:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:59:49","slug":"investigator-calls-for-purge-of-covid-19-reported-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/09\/10\/investigator-calls-for-purge-of-covid-19-reported-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigator calls for purge of Covid-19 reported deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An investigative report by health reporter Altagracia Ortiz of Hoy indicates there have been double the Covid-19 deaths reported by the Ministry of Public Health in epidemiological bulletins. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health says that the deaths listed in the bulletins are the result of a comprehensive review of the death certificates. The spokesperson says that the death certificates have to be promptly filled with all details of the illness afflicted the deceased. The death certificates can be filled out by a physician, medical examiner or coroner and list any causes or conditions that contributed to the person\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Public Health says this leads to several errors that are corrected in the review of the case before including it as a Covid-19 death. It is not the same to declare a person to have died \u201cwith covid\u201d as \u201cof covid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president of the Dominican Medical Association understands there is an under registry of deaths and called for the government to rectify the number, \u201cas has occurred in other countries.\u201d Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero says the government has downplayed the pandemic\u2019s domestic death toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a controversy over whether the condition that began the chain of events that ultimately led to the person\u2019s death be considered the person\u2019s \u201cunderlying cause of death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DR1 News – Bulletin 539 – 8 September 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 September 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An investigative report by health reporter Altagracia Ortiz of Hoy indicates there have been double the Covid-19 deaths reported by the Ministry of Public Health in epidemiological bulletins. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health says that the deaths listed in the bulletins are the result of a comprehensive review of the death certificates. … <\/p>\n

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