Project ID: 47427

Chinese Government provides supplemental RMB 10 million grant for Lao-China Friendship Hospital Construction Project (Linked to Project ID#33700)

Commitment amount

$ 2365518.343682752

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 2365518.34

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Laos

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2007-01-01

Geography

Description

In 2002, Chinese Government provided a $5 million grant to the Government of Laos for the Lao-China Friendship Hospital Construction Project (captured in Project ID#33700). The purpose of the project was to build a 100-bed hospital in Luang Prabang Province with the capacity to handle 300 daily outpatient visits. Yunnan Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for implementation. Construction began on July 20, 2002 and ended on October 28, 2003. The project was officially handed over to the Government of Laos on December 29, 2003. Then, in 2007, the Chinese Government provided a supplemental RMB 10 million grant to the Government of Laos in support the Lao-China Friendship Hospital (captured in Project ID#47427). The grant proceeds were used to construct access roads and bridges and an inpatient ward. Yunnan Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for implementation. The project commenced on April 30, 2007 and ended January 18, 2008. As of 2016, the Lao-China Friendship Hospital (also known as Luang Prabang Provincial Hospital) had 22 departments, 150 beds, 52 doctors, 188 nurses, and 89 administrative and logistics personnel. From 2014 to 2015, a total of 79,592 patients were admitted, including 64,118 outpatients and 15,474 emergency patients.

Additional details

This project is also known as the China-Lao Luang Prabang 100-Bed Hospital Construction Project and the Luang Prabang Provincial Hospital Project. The Chinese project title is 援老第一座医院新增工程项目.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Laos [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Yunnan Construction Engineering Group Corporation (YNJG) [State-owned Company]