Julio Landrón defends the financial stability of the Public Health Network
The director of the National Health Service (SNS), Julio Landrón, addressed the recent statements issued by the former president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Senén Caba, who had reported an alleged 40% drop in revenue for the country’s public hospitals.
Landrón categorically denied these claims, labeling them as baseless and defending the current financial management model that governs the national hospital network. According to the official, the administration of the healthcare centers has undergone a profound transformation that guarantees greater efficiency and sustainability in the use of resources.
Management focused on efficiency
During his intervention on a radio show, the head of the SNS emphasized that the reality of health centers is far from what was observed in past decades, urging his critics to update their vision of the healthcare system.
I would like him to go with me to get quotes at the hospitals so that he can see that they are not the hospitals from the 90s that he is stuck in.
Julio Landrón, director of the SNS
Landrón explained that hospitals have stopped depending exclusively on national budget allocations, becoming entities capable of generating their own income through the billing of services to Health Risk Administrators (ARS).
Positive financial results and debt reduction
The official presented compelling data to support their management, highlighting the following key points:
- Public hospitals currently have more than RD$3.4 billion in the Single Account, derived from the sale of medical services.
- A significant financial cleanup process has been achieved when comparing current figures with those of 2020.
- The SNS has drastically reduced hospital liabilities, citing as an example the Francisco Moscoso Puello Hospital, whose debt dropped from nearly RD$1 billion in 2020 to less than RD$200 million today.
Upon concluding his defense, Landrón was emphatic in pointing out that hospitals no longer operate as “bottomless pits.” The institutional vision, as he indicated, is to maintain transparency and administrative rigor to ensure that each health center is self-sustaining and provides quality service to the Dominican population.
