Pregnant Haitian Women Crossing To DR to Give Birth
People do that in the United States mainly because they want their kids to be US Citizens but in the Haiti-Dominican case it's different....
FREE Healthcare... That's the reason!
The Washington Post says...
Haitian women make up roughly half of the patients giving birth in Dominican hospitals, officials here say. They come because they don't have access to health care in Haiti, especially since last year's earthquake.
They come because they can get free health care in the Dominican Republic each year, and so that they can have their babies in hospitals instead of on the floors of their homes...
How is the healthcare system in Haiti compared to that of the Dominican Republic?
Perhaps you can answer that...
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It's very terrible for our haitian.Hospital treatment less in haiti and our governement see everything and hear everything but it seems to do more »
When I read things like this it angers me even more with the stupid game the parliement is playing in Haiti, those that keep slowing the process more »
This is something that I do not even want to comment on, Because,It shameful and very frustrating,But when you sitdown,analyse, take a good look more »
There is possible comparaison between the two countries, and we are living in the dark ages in Haiti. The D.R. received massive amount of more »
nou pa gen Healthcare system....so many people died because of no emergency help, no insurance, no money nor jobs to get treated! tro ta bare yo more »
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