SANTIAGO.- The general director of the maternity hospital Renée Klang widow Guzmánwhich works in the insurance hospital President Estrella Urenareported that, after implementing new immigration measures, in that health center a considerable decrease in births of foreign citizenspreferably from the neighboring nation of Haiti.
Miguel Ortega said that between 2020 and 2022, the maternity hospital recorded between 44 and 49 percent of births to Haitian mothers, in relation to Dominican or other nationality parturients.
“In December of last year, 2025, we closed with a percentage of Haitian women in labor at 36%, with a clear downward trend,” Ortega stressed.
He indicated that Not only have births to Haitian mothers been reduced, but general consultation services for foreigners have also decreased. They have also decreased considerably.
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He said that among the costs assumed by the maternity to care for Haitian women in labor, they were invested annually between 6 and 8 million pesossince they frequently arrived at the health center without prenatal studies and analyzes and with other health complications.
The maternity director Renée Klang widow Guzmán highlighted that the financial improvements of the institution have allowed them to acquire new and modern equipment to strengthen your diagnostic and surgical capacityas well as maternal-fetal sonography equipment.
All Haitian citizens residing in the country, when they go to the public or private health centers, must present their identity documents personal or immigration to verify your status in the country.
