A patient suffering from cholera symptoms rests while she receives hydration inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 25, 2011. The cases of cholera have been rising in Haiti and Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization said on Friday, in Haiti at least 344,623 have been hospitalized and 5,397 have died, in Dominican Republic 1,725 have been reported in Hospitals and 50 have died, Dominican Republic’s Health Ministry reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Tags: HEALTH) – RTR2O3RB