50% of doctors have left Puerto Rico since '09 – Repeating Islands

NimB reports that there are 9,492 doctors remaining in Puerto Rico out of 18,754 who were on the island in 2009. During the IV Health Congress hosted by the United Retailers Association, Félix Rodríguez-Schmidt, undersecretary of the Puerto Rico Health Department, said there is a dire need for retaining and strengthening the medical class by…

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