In the first two days since the implementation of the new immigration protocol, there has been a remarkable decrease in the number of Haitian patients who come to maternity Doña Renée Klang de Guzmánlocated at the President Estrella Ureña Hospital in Santiago.
He found it Free newspaper During a tour of the Hospital facilities.
Miguel Ortegadirector of the Health Center, explained that this decline in the influx of patients is a common reaction When authorities They announce Measures to regulate migration.
“When these happen thingsthey know They absent“He said.
Workload
According to Ortega, hospital staff are already accustomed to this dynamic, because on other similar occasions, users choose to go to night or the morning, thus avoiding the migratory operations Days
He explained that this strategy, however, generates a considerable increase in the Workload During those hours, with up to 25 emergencies In one night.
“They tend to do that tactic to stop coming in the day, when the Operationsto go at dawn, “said the hospital director.
Given this situation, Ortega suggested that the General Directorate of Migration (DGM) consider the possibility of performing the Operations also in nighttime hoursto avoid the collapse of medical staff and guarantee a better control of migratory flow.
Historically, the Maternity Doña Renée Klang from Guzmán has been a center of High flow of Haitian patients.
Even in last March more foreign were treated than women born In national territory: 143 were recorded Haitian births compared to 123 of Dominican.
