President Danilo Medina visited Constanza in the province of La Vega yesterday, Sunday 7 July, continuing his string of unannounced visits. In the town, the President announced the expansion, modernization and equipping of the Dr. Pedro A. Cespedes Public Hospital. After a tour of the medical center, the President said that he would speak to Minister of Public Health Freddy Hidalgo about sending more doctors to this hospital.<\/p>\n
Later on, Medina met with the leaders of the Horti Pack farm cluster, a pioneer in the production and packing of farm produce made up of 763 farmers in the area, of whom 726 are women. He promised these farmers official financing for RD$35 million. <\/p>\n
The farmers will use these funds for reducing their debts to several banking institutions, as well as expanding, modernizing and equipping the cluster’s farms and diversifying their international markets. <\/p>\n
The President said the official assistance to the cluster was conditional on integrating some 700 small farmers in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Danilo Medina visited Constanza in the province of La Vega yesterday, Sunday 7 July, continuing his string of unannounced visits. In the town, the President announced the expansion, modernization and equipping of the Dr. Pedro A. Cespedes Public Hospital. After a tour of the medical center, the President said that he would speak to … <\/p>\n