In an Editorial carried by Richmond
Times-Dispatch:

“At least nine Americans have died in
the Dominican Republic since the summer of 2018 after falling ill in
the Caribbean nation. Some of the deaths appear to have been under
questionable — and similar — circumstances. The deaths have
happened primarily at four resort hotels. Several of the tourists
appear to have been stricken after drinking bottles of booze from
minibars in their hotel rooms. The FBI has sent agents to the island
to investigate the situation. Dominican Republic officials say they
are working closely with the Americans to see if the deaths are
connected.

“The well-publicized deaths have some
Americans wondering if they should rethink vacation plans to the
Caribbean nation. The nation’s health and tourism ministries insist
the entire thing is overblown. On Friday, Tourism Minister Francisco
Javier Garcia spoke to reporters, assuring them: “It’s not true
that there has been an avalanche of American tourists dying in our
country, and it’s not true that we have mysterious deaths.” He
says the autopsy reports show that the Americans who died in the past
year all died of natural causes.

“A U.S. State Department official
seemed to agree, stating that, generally speaking, “over 2.7
million U.S. citizens visit the Dominican Republic each year, and we
have not seen an uptick in the number of U.S. citizen deaths reported
to the department.”'

SOURCE:
https://www.richmond.com/opinion/our-opinion/editorial-is-there-a-problem-in-the-dominican-republic/article_1fee9152-08f8-5ca0-a60e-9f1904ef7398.html

The Editorial seems to agree with this US Official and tells us to “Think of this: According to the State Department, between 2012 and 2018, 128 Americans died in the Dominican Republic from other than natural causes — that’s about 18 annually. While every one of those nine deaths is tragic, this doesn’t seem to be some kind of a plot against Americans.”

I don't think anyone is possibly
suggesting there is a dastardly plot against Americans but it is
strange that these Americans all died at hotels close to one another,
and even at the same hotel, just weeks apart.

The problem is no one knows why these
people died. What is the cause?

Just imagine if something like this
happened here?

I'm not a betting man but my belief is
we would have found out the reason why.

All these Americans died, according to
the Tourism Minister of The Dominican Republic, from “natural
causes”.

When a Tourism Minister says that, it
is not a very reliable source.

The families of the victims definitely
don't take his word and why should they?

Investigating on the Internet there is
a big difference of opinion in the quality of healthcare from the
hospitals there.

Expat.com says “at the public
hospitals, available in every large town, the standard of care is
average at best and they should only be used in dire emergencies.”

That statement alone makes me conclude
the problem in the Dominican Republic won't happen here.