Santo Domingo .– The executive director of the National Health Service (SNS), Dr. Julio Landrón, assured this Friday that the Public Health Network is prepared to provide permanent medical care to athletes, delegations, and spectators during the celebration of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026.
Landrón reported that the SNS activated a special healthcare assistance protocol that includes the availability of more than 500 doctors at the Luis Eduardo Aybar Health City, the main referral hospital for the sporting event, as well as personnel and equipment distributed throughout the country’s hospital network.
“We have that hospital available with more than 500 doctors. We do not want anything to happen to any athlete, member of the delegations, or visitor, but if it does, our country is prepared,” he expressed.
The official explained that the Luis Eduardo Aybar Health City has intensive care units, operating rooms, surgical services, and all specialized areas ready to respond to any emergency that may arise during the competition.
Likewise, he highlighted that medical coverage will be permanent in the Public Network hospitals.
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“Doctors will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the more than 205 second and third-level centers, as well as in the more than 1,700 Primary Care Units,” he indicated.
Landrón specified that the SNS works in coordination with the Games Organizing Committee, the medical team at the sports venues, and the 9-1-1 National Emergency and Security Attention System to ensure a rapid response to any eventuality.
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He explained that, when an athlete requires attention, they will first receive assistance at the venue where the competition is taking place. If they need to be transferred to a hospital, the established protocol will be immediately activated to notify the corresponding referral center, where a medical team will be ready to receive them.
The director of the SNS added that the hospitals have the diagnostic equipment and the necessary resolution capacity to attend to both the athletes and the population.
“If you need an MRI, we have it; if you need a CT scan, we have it; an ultrasound, we have it. And if you require immediate surgery, we have the operating rooms, the equipment, and the entire healthcare sector structure prepared to guarantee timely care,” he stated.
With these measures, the National Health Service seeks to ensure comprehensive medical coverage during the Central American and Caribbean Games, both for the participating delegations and for the thousands of attendees that the country is expected to receive during the sporting event.
For 16 days, more than 6,200 athletes from 37 nations and territories will compete in 40 sports and 56 disciplines, in an event that will also test the country’s organizational capacity and focus the attention of thousands of spectators inside and outside the region.
