Puerto Rico is experiencing a surge in cesarean deliveries, with more than 50% of babies now being delivered by surgery, compared to 32% on the U.S. mainland.
Cesarean deliveries surge in Puerto Rico, reaching a record rate in the US territory, report says newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“Islanders died of chronic conditions and covid-19 in 2022 at numbers that surpassed even Hurricane Maria’s toll.” For complete article on Puerto Rico’s deteriorating health-care system by Jeniffer Wiscovitch, Andrew Ba Tran, Arelis R. Hernández, and Dylan Moriarty; with video by Zoeann Murphy, and photography by Erika P. Rodríguez, visit the Washington Post. In a purple house along a narrow road…
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…
Why Puerto Rico had an unexpectedly high rate of deaths last year washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.