Santo Domingo Norte.– The president Luis Abinader inaugurated this Saturday the renovated and expanded Hacienda Estrella Municipal Hospital, a modern healthcare infrastructure that, starting today, strengthens medical care in the municipal district and guarantees dignified, timely, and higher-quality health services to more than 60,000 inhabitants, as part of the Government’s actions to continue strengthening the Public Health Network, expanding the response capacity of hospital centers, and bringing modern, efficient, and humanized medical services closer to the communities.
During the event, the president urged community members to take responsibility for the care and preservation of the new facilities, highlighting that the hospital represents a heritage of the entire community and a fundamental tool to guarantee quality health services for present and future generations.
Likewise, he proposed the formation of an oversight commission made up of representatives from different social sectors of the town, with the purpose of accompanying the operation of the center, ensuring its proper use, and contributing to the proper maintenance of this important health facility.
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The president announced that, before the end of 2026, the Government will begin major works to boost the community’s development, including the construction of an aqueduct, two covered sports facilities: one in Hacienda Estrella and another in Guanuma, in addition to the asphalting of the municipal district’s main streets.
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At the event, the executive director of the National Health Service, Dr. Julio César Landrón, also spoke, highlighting that the hospital’s transformation responds to the vision of President Luis Abinader to continue strengthening the public health system through the modernization of hospital infrastructure throughout the national territory, reporting that during the current government administration, 116 renovated health centers have been delivered as part of a policy aimed at offering care with greater quality, safety, and efficiency.
“Every project we deliver represents President Luis Abinader’s commitment to bringing quality health services closer to the people. In Hacienda Estrella, today we are delivering a more modern hospital, with a fully equipped Emergency department and adequate spaces to offer more humane, timely, and safe care,” expressed Landrón.
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Dr. Landrón added that the intervention will allow for expanding the hospital’s resolution capacity and significantly reducing the need for referrals to other centers, thanks to the incorporation of new areas and better conditions for both patients and medical staff.
The intervention, executed by the National Health Service (SNS), represented an investment of over RD 103.7 million destined for the comprehensive renovation of the hospital, the construction of a new Emergency area, and the equipping of the center.
The works included the rehabilitation of the pharmacy, vaccination, specialized offices, operating room, delivery room, recovery, inpatient ward with ten beds, nursing, laboratory, X-ray, sonography, and administrative areas.
The new Emergency
The new Emergency department features a waiting and registration room, triage, a treatment area, nebulization, observation, a resuscitation bay, a nursing station, and offices for general medicine, pediatrics, and gynecology, among other spaces designed to offer more efficient, humanized, and safe care.
With this intervention, the hospital’s problem-solving capacity is strengthened, access to timely health services for residents of Hacienda Estrella and nearby communities is improved, it contributes to decongesting other hospitals in the area, and the response capacity of the national health system is raised.
After the inaugural ceremony, President Abinader toured the hospital’s facilities, where he received explanations regarding the operation of the new areas and the services that will be available to the population.
The blessing of the work was carried out by Father José Manuel de Jesús, who expressed the community’s satisfaction with the inauguration of the hospital and stated that its delivery represents “an answered prayer” for the inhabitants of Hacienda Estrella.
The activity was attended by the governor of the Santo Domingo province, Lucrecia Santana Leyba; the director of the Metropolitan Regional Health Service (SRSM), Dr. Edisson Féliz Féliz; the director of the Hacienda Estrella Municipal Hospital, María Arias; the director of the Hacienda Estrella municipal district, Miguel Saviñón, as well as civil and community authorities and representatives of the health sector.
