Overview

China donates $4.8 million USD for psychiatric hospital in St. Lucia (linked to Record ID#54919 and #54921)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$10,097,934

Commitment Year•2004Country of Activity•Saint LuciaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Cancelled

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2004

Start (planned): Oct 31, 2005

Start (actual): Apr 3, 2006

End (planned): Mar 31, 2007

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

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of St. Lucia

Loan desecription

China donates $4.8 million USD for psychiatric hospital in St. Lucia (linked to Record ID#54919 and #54921)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In February 2006, the Chinese government granted an additional $4.8 million USD to St. Lucia for the construction of the 104-bed psychiatric hospital. The Chinese government had already granted EC$6.5 million in December 2003 (#54919) and $3.41 million USD in 2004 (#54921). Construction on the hospital began on April 3, 2006, which was delayed from an expected start date of November 2005. On April 25, 2007, St. Lucia announced that it was renewing diplomatic ties with Taiwan. This announcement lead the Chinese government to abandon the construction of the 104-bed psychiatric hospital in St. Lucia.The hospital was almost completed when St. Lucia announced renewing ties with Taiwan which also made it unclear how much Chinese funding had already been disbursed.