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In May 2001, China and Nepal signed six agreements, including a $35 million grant agreement for the Civil Service Hospital Construction Project. Construction was carried out by China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group Co Ltd and project implementation began on September 22, 2004. The hospital in Minbhawan, Kathmandu was built on a 27,650 square meter area with 22 buildings for both outpatient and inpatient needs. It was constructed as a 132 bed-hospital with the capacity to hold 500 and will offer free to subsidized treatment to about 90,000 civil servants and their families. China also provided the hospital with the latest technological equipment and continued providing assistance to the hospital. The hospital was handed over to the Government of Nepal by the Chinese Government on October 27, 2008. Out-patient services began on March 29, 2009. The hospital was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on May 30, 2009. In addition to the already existing out-patient services, emergency, in-patient, and operation services began on January 21, 2010. This hospital is located in Minbhawan, Kathmandu. Detailed locational coordinates can be found at https://www.google.com/maps/place/Civil+Service+Hospital+Of+Nepal/@27.6863031,85.3388038,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xd15dddabb04dbed?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj16a3N5ITpAhXfoXIEHcDPDhgQ_BIwC3oECBEQCg.