Infant mortality in RD is 32 per thousand births

The rate of infant mortality in the country is 32 for every thousand children, one of the highest rates in Latin America, where 24 thousand are neonatal, equivalent to 80 per cent, as reported by the Chief of Perinatology of the hospital's maternity leave our Lady of Altagracia.

Luis Rivera Mejía described as a vergu¨enza for the country and the institutions of the area of health the high rate of neonatal, mortality where 80 per cent corresponds to the total, neonatal mortality less than 28 days of life, and 70% occur in the first seven days.

"Some institutions have promoted the fallacy that neonatal mortality is will reduce when there is a good obstetric care in the country;" "is false because obstetricians and the Ministry have said yes, that maternal mortality has been reduced and that has been reduced because there is a good obstetric care, then there is a contradiction", said.

Wondered if they are so good at u000alowering maternal mortality why aren't good then in lowering mortality neonatal.

The optional said that obstetricians Yes may contribute significantly to prevent neonatal mortality, but as neonatologists and the perinatólogos at the maternity hospital of La Altagracia. have made

Detailed that newborns in La Altagracia maternity mortality is 12 for every thousand children and that in November this year the rate was nine of every thousand children. If not reduced neonatal mortality does not go down the child, so it considered it necessary to lift this area of medicine.

Still waiting the completion of the neonatal unit of motherhood, work which began six years ago. He argued that they have a room improvised with 40 cots, where they receive on a daily basis to more than 10 children in care intensive

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