Even though the General Directorate of Migration began a plan in October deportation of Haitian nationals to repatriate up to 10 thousand undocumented immigrants per week, this month was established as the period with the highest number of parturients of the neighboring nation so far this year 2024.
The Repository of Information and Statistics of Services Health (Riess), coordinated by National Service of Health (SNS), registered 9,956 births in October, of which 5,911 belong to mothers dominican (59.4%) and 4,027 births made to mothers from the neighboring nation (40.4%). There were also 18 births belonging to mothers of other nationalities, for 0.2% of the universe.
In the case of the parturients haitianthese figures add up to 127 births more than last month Septemberwhich had the lead with 3,900 births.
Unlike the mothers dominicanwhose majority (56%) preferred births by cesarean sections, pregnant women haitian they opted for delivery via vaginal 62% of the time.
Greater movement
The five hospitals with higher concentration of parturients haitian repeat month after month as those preferred by the mothers of the neighboring nation.
First of all, place the Maternity Our Señora de la Altagracia, in the National District, which of 816 births that were carried out in October, 51.8% (423) correspond to foreign ones and 47.7% (389) to local ones.
It is followed by Maternity San Lorenzo de Los Mina, with 717 births. Here 55.6% of the mothers They were from Haiti (399 births) and 44.4% (318 births) of mothers dominican.
At the Estrella Ureña Hospital in Santiago, which came in third place for housing the largest number of parturients haitianthe trend of a higher proportion of migrants and fewer mothers Creoles.
There were 522 births registered, of which 283 (54.2%) were babies of mothers haitian and 238 (45.6%) of mothers dominican.
It is followed by the Verón Hospital, where of 254 births only 28 are registered as babies of mothers dominican (11%) and 89% of mothers from the neighboring country.
The Hospital is located in the same province of La Altagracia. Our Lady of La Altagracia, which counted 244 births: 158 of parturients haitian (64.8%) and 84 (34.4%) of parturients dominican.
Another interesting case is that of the Dr. Guarionex Alcántara Hospital, in San José de Ocoa, where, out of 24 births carried out, 83.3% went to mothers haitian and only four births of mothers dominican (16.7%).
Haitians surpass in 12 provinces
In total, of all the data processed in October by the SNSthe amount of parturients haitian exceeded the amount of dominican in 12 provinces of the national territory.
80.3% of births in Elías Piña went to mothers neighbors; 76.3% in La Altagracia; 66.7% in Independence; 65.3% in Pedernales; 62.5% in Dajabón; 62% in Montecristi; 61.8% in Valverde; 57.1% in El Seibo; 54.7% in Santiago; 54.2% in Santiago Rodríguez; 53.4 in Espaillat and 50.3% in La Vega.
Since the massive repatriations of Haitians began at the beginning of October, the General Directorate of Immigration has deported 55,723 Haitians in actions carried out in collaboration with the Armed Forces and the National Police.
