{"id":159349,"date":"2026-09-12T08:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/health-crisis-in-samana-due-to-deterioration-and-closure-of-polyclinics\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T08:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:36:17","slug":"health-crisis-in-samana-due-to-deterioration-and-closure-of-polyclinics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/health-crisis-in-samana-due-to-deterioration-and-closure-of-polyclinics\/","title":{"rendered":"Health crisis in Saman\u00e1 due to deterioration and closure of polyclinics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health crisis in Saman\u00e1: Community members denounce neglect of polyclinics<\/h2>\n\n<p>Concern is growing in various sectors of the Saman\u00e1 province due to the marked deterioration and operational deficiencies present in several local polyclinics. Residents have raised their voices in protest over the last few weeks, pointing out that the lack of attention to these infrastructures is seriously compromising access to primary health services in the area.<\/p>\n\n<p>One of the points of greatest conflict is the municipal district of Arroyo Barril. Residents have reported that the local polyclinic remains closed during the weekends, a situation they consider unacceptable, as it leaves the population unprotected precisely on the days when emergencies and unforeseen medical needs usually arise.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions regarding local management<\/h2>\n\n<p>Faced with this problem, citizens have directed their complaints to the Saman\u00e1 Area Health Management, led by Dr. Karen N\u00fa\u00f1ez. The community demands explanations regarding the apparent lack of supervision and the absence of concrete responses to the precarious conditions faced by the health centers.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The population of Saman\u00e1 deserves answers, but, above all, dignified, functional, and accessible health services.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Uncertainty persists among residents, who wonder what measures the Area Management is taking and who is actually overseeing the operation of these facilities. To date, the National Health Service has not offered a detailed report clarifying whether the problems stem from infrastructure deficiencies, staff shortages, or budgetary limitations.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Demand for immediate solutions<\/h2>\n\n<p>The situation in Saman\u00e1 requires urgent institutional intervention. Access to healthcare, especially in communities far from the main hospital centers, is a fundamental right that cannot be affected by poor management. Social pressure continues to rise, with a clear call to the authorities to present an action plan that guarantees the operability and dignity of medical services throughout the province.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health crisis in Saman\u00e1: Community members denounce neglect of polyclinics Concern is growing in various sectors of the Saman\u00e1 province due to the marked deterioration and operational deficiencies present in several local polyclinics. Residents have raised their voices in protest over the last few weeks, pointing out that the lack of attention to these infrastructures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[13908,13,15664,8462],"class_list":{"0":"post-159349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-complaints","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-polyclinics","11":"tag-samana"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}