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Caribbean & Central America - November 2014 (ISSN 1741-4458)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Health sector crisis exposes deeper problems
The management crisis affecting Santo Domingo’s Robert Reid Cabral children’s hospital this month led the Dominican Republic (DR)’s President Danilo Medina to sack his health minister and shake up the national health sector. Medina’s swift response to the crisis has spared his government greater criticism. However the episode has shed light on the pressing financial difficulties affecting the sector that must be urgently addressed in order to prevent its collapse. Tackling this while sticking to the objective of maintaining fiscal discipline is a major challenge for the Medina government.
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