The number of consultations, emergency assistance, hospitalizations, diagnostics, surgical interventions and deliveries of Haitian patients continues this year in record numbers, according to statistics from the National Health Service (SNS).

During the first five months of 2024, the Dominican public hospital network offered 230,130 consultations to Haitian patients, or 8% of the total of these services offered, and 193,213 emergency care, or 9.14%.

According to the SNS, these services include, among others, consultations, emergencies, hospitalizations, diagnostics, surgical operations, cesarean sections and deliveries.

As for diagnoses, they increased from 765,673 in 2022 to more than 1 million (1,046,982) between January and May 2024

The percentage of annual medical care provided by Haitian patients in the various health services offered in the Dominican hospital network over the last 6 years varied by geographic area between 8 and 35%.

For the first 5 months of 2024, 23,700 hospitalizations were offered to Haitian patients, or 13.19% of the total offered in all hospitals in the country and 1,046,982 diagnostic services, or 8.68%. 14,611 surgical procedures were also performed on Haitian patients, or 7.59% of the total performed in the public hospital network and 11,254 births were recorded, both by cesarean section and vaginally, or 33.3% of the total recorded in the country's hospitals.

The report details that between January and May 2024, 16,712 cesarean deliveries were performed in public network hospitals, including 3,757 to Haitian mothers (22.5%).

In addition, 17,079 natural deliveries were recorded, including 7,497 to Haitian parturients (43.9%).

Referring to the sum of the period of the first 5 months of the last 6 years analyzed, the report records a total of 118,561 cesarean deliveries in the country's hospitals, including 23,491 to Haitian mothers, or 19.8%, as well as 132,824 natural deliveries and among them, 49,487 to Haitian mothers, or 37.3%.

S/ HaitiLibre