SNS delivers nine medical devices to Cutupú municipal hospital for RD$4.8 million

Cutupú's municipal hospital has received medical and industrial equipment worth over RD$4.8 million. Here's what the donation includes.

The Dominican National Health Service (SNS) delivered nine medical and industrial devices to the Dr. Juan Antonio Castillo Municipal Hospital in the Cutupú community, La Vega province. The investment totals RD$4,853,888.46.

SNS Executive Director Dr. Julio Landrón made the delivery. The donation is part of the agency's efforts to strengthen the operational capacity of hospitals in the Public Health Network and ensure better conditions for the provision of services to the population.

The equipment includes a three-transducer ultrasound machine with thermal printer, valued at RD$817,014.29, and a mobile metal delivery bed, at RD$156,796.48. It also includes an electrocautery unit, at RD$169,491.53, and an adult crash cart, at RD$2,029,836.00.

The hospital also received a 45-pound industrial washer, valued at RD$665,830.25, and an industrial dryer, at RD$454,300.00. The donation is completed by a two-burner linear gas stove, at RD$75,102.28, two cesarean instrument trays, at RD$45,632.00 each, and a major surgery table, valued at RD$394,253.64.

During the delivery, Landrón said these resources will improve working conditions for health staff and expand the facility's response capacity.

Hospital director Mercedes Perelló thanked the SNS for the donation and its support. She said the equipment will improve services for residents of Cutupú and nearby communities.