Priority health

Achieve greater coverage of health resolve related to primary care reduce spending in pockets of the population in medicines, diagnostic studies and consultations; expanding care specialist to inland towns and reducing maternal and infant mortality and infectious diseases, indicators are among the main priorities facing the country health during this year.

Priorities were set out separately by the President of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Amarilis Herrera; the President of the Association of clinics and private hospitals (Andeclip), Rafael Mena, and the representative of the medical school before the Social Security Council, Fulgencio Severino.

While the Ministry of public health has arisen as a challenge for 2012 keep low indicators of the main diseases affecting the country, emphasize prevention and the strengthening of the services that u000aoffered in the hospitals.

Severino understands that the main needs of address health sector are in increasing coverage in the subsidized scheme, reduce spending in Pocket attentions of high cost and medical studies, increase coverage medicines and reduce patient wait time to receive health coverage when they are diagnosed with diseases of high cost, such as cancer, hip, between Al. prosthesis

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