{"id":513159,"date":"2026-07-03T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/cmd-calls-for-a-national-strike-following-the-arrest-of-two-doctors-for-alleged-malpractice-in-la-vega\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:10:06","slug":"cmd-calls-for-a-national-strike-following-the-arrest-of-two-doctors-for-alleged-malpractice-in-la-vega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/cmd-calls-for-a-national-strike-following-the-arrest-of-two-doctors-for-alleged-malpractice-in-la-vega\/","title":{"rendered":"CMD calls for a national strike following the arrest of two doctors for alleged malpractice in La Vega"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong>&#8211; The <strong>Dominican Medical Association (CMD)<\/strong> announced a 24-hour national strike for next <strong>Tuesday, July 7<\/strong>, in rejection of the arrest of two doctors by the La Vega Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, accused of alleged medical malpractice. The union described the Public Ministry&#8217;s actions as a &#8220;judicial abuse&#8221; and warned about the implications that the new Penal Code would have for the practice of medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president of the CMD, <strong>Luis Alberto Pe\u00f1a N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong>, maintained that the arrest of the doctors took place without the corresponding technical procedures being exhausted. &#8220;The use of arrest as an immediate measure, without exhausting due process and the corresponding technical expert investigation, constitutes an affront to the practice of medicine in the country,&#8221; he stated during a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You might be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Medical Association goes to the Senate to stop Penal Code articles that promote \u201cdefensive medicine\u201d\">http:\/\/Medical Association goes to the Senate to stop Penal Code articles that promote \u201cdefensive medicine\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leader reported that the day of protest will begin at <strong>8:00 in the morning<\/strong> and that, during that period, services will only be guaranteed in the emergency areas, hospitalized patients, and critical care units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pe\u00f1a N\u00fa\u00f1ez also warned that this type of action &#8220;criminalizes the medical act&#8221; and asserted that it sets a worrying precedent for the eventual application of the new provisions of the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. &#8220;We will not allow the Prosecutor&#8217;s Office to use prison as a tool for media or punitive pressure,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president of the CMD reiterated that complaints of alleged medical malpractice must be investigated through due process and supported by a medical-legal expert report before coercive measures are taken against health professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.&#8211; The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) announced a 24-hour national strike for next Tuesday, July 7, in rejection of the arrest of two doctors by the La Vega Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, accused of alleged medical malpractice. The union described the Public Ministry&#8217;s actions as a &#8220;judicial abuse&#8221; and warned about the implications that the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":513160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[44326],"class_list":["post-513159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-medical-association"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29uL","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/6a47d25b85223.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/6a47d25b85223.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}