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Overview

China provides grant to upgrade Neonatology Unit and Central Oxygen System at Lady Aitchison Hospital in Pakistan

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•PakistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PakistanSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2022
End (actual)
Apr 2, 2022

Geospatial footprint

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Lady Aitchison Hospital is located in the city of Lahore in the Punjab province of Pakistan. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/319648873

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Lady Aitchison Hospital

Implementing agencies

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Institute of International Relations and Media Research

Loan description

China provides grant to upgrade Neonatology Unit and Central Oxygen System at Lady Aitchison Hospital in Pakistan

Narrative

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Project narrative

On April 2 2022, an inauguration ceremony was held for the upgraded Neonatology Unit and Central Oxygen System at the Lady Aitchison Hospital in Pakistan funded by a Chinese special grant. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Institute of International Relations and Media Research (IIRMR). The 150-year-old historical Lady Aitchison Hospital with 200 beds manages deliveries of around 1000 babies in a month and was in direct need of renovation. The ceremony was attended by Chinese Acting Consul General Peng Zhengwu, IIRMR Chairman Muhammad Mehdi, Lady Aitchison Hospital MS Dr. M. Iqbal Shahid, and Neonatology Department In-Charge Aliya Batool.

Staff comments

1. AidData has coded the commitment date as the year of the inauguration as a proxy. 2. The monetary value of this Chinese special grant is unknown.