{"id":513638,"date":"2026-07-08T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/cmd-describes-the-24-hour-strike-as-a-resounding-success-and-announces-new-actions-against-law-74-25\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:25:11","slug":"cmd-describes-the-24-hour-strike-as-a-resounding-success-and-announces-new-actions-against-law-74-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/cmd-describes-the-24-hour-strike-as-a-resounding-success-and-announces-new-actions-against-law-74-25\/","title":{"rendered":"CMD describes the 24-hour strike as a \u201cresounding success\u201d and announces new actions against Law 74-25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santo Domingo.<\/strong>– The Dominican Medical Association (CMD)<\/a> asserted that the 24-hour national strike called in rejection of the arrest of oral and maxillofacial surgeon William Alm\u00e1nzar and his clinical assistant, Franklyn Alm\u00e1nzar, was a \u201cresounding success,\u201d while reaffirming that it will continue legal and legislative actions against Law 74-25 and several articles of the Penal Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a press conference, the president of the guild, Luis Pe\u00f1a N\u00fa\u00f1ez, stated that the strike demonstrated the unity of the medical union in its 135-year history and highlighted that, despite the protest, critical areas of the hospitals were not neglected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDoctors, without ever neglecting critical areas, demonstrate the quality and strength that identifies us,\u201d he\/she expressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leader especially congratulated the CMD branch in La Vega, which he described as a \u201ctrue example of a banner of struggle,\u201d and recognized the leadership of its provincial president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pe\u00f1a N\u00fa\u00f1ez reported that the union has already filed a direct action of unconstitutionality before the Constitutional Court against provisions of Law 74-25 and explained that it also presented observations to the National Congress regarding articles 8, 9, 12, and 354 of the Penal Code, which, as he maintained, affect the professional practice of doctors and other sectors, including the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Likewise, he indicated that the CMD will formally resubmit its modification proposals to both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies before the deadline established by Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Alm\u00e1nzar Case<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the judicial process against William Alm\u00e1nzar, it was reported that a judge ordered his release through a financial guarantee and periodic reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president of the CMD maintained that initially the specialist was accused of alleged medical malpractice and his status as a doctor and his professional certification were called into question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he assured that the guild presented documentation certifying that Alm\u00e1nzar is a doctor who graduated from the Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Cibao (UCATECI), with a specialty in maxillofacial surgery completed at the Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral y B\u00e1ez Regional University Hospital, endorsed by the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also stated that his exequatur and medical registration number were submitted, after which, according to him, the lawsuit against him was modified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe is a general practitioner and maxillofacial surgeon. It is not true that he is not a doctor,\u201d he stated when answering questions from the press regarding the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigation into alleged embezzlement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When asked about the status of the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of CMD social plans, Luis Pe\u00f1a N\u00fa\u00f1ez indicated that the process is still ongoing and assured that, once the union has all the legal elements, it will offer further details on the actions taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strike called by the CMD took place one day after the arrest of William Alm\u00e1nzar and Franklyn Alm\u00e1nzar in La Vega, in a protest that led to the suspension of consultations and other non-essential services in public hospitals across various provinces, while emergency and critical care areas remained operational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) asserted that the 24-hour national strike called in rejection of the arrest of oral and maxillofacial surgeon William Alm\u00e1nzar and his clinical assistant, Franklyn Alm\u00e1nzar, was a \u201cresounding success,\u201d while reaffirming that it will continue legal and legislative actions against Law 74-25 and several articles of the Penal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133559,"featured_media":513938,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29Cu","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-08-at-10.19.07-AM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Preciosa Jimenez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-08-at-10.19.07-AM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513638","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\/133559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}