Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China Donates Hospital and Medical Equipment to Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security

Project narrative

On December 26, 2011, the donation of hospital and medical equipment by the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China to the Health Area of the Ministry of Public Security of Costa Rica was approved. The donation was worth 1.4 Million USD. The project was executed between 2011 and 2012, with an exchange of letters (canje de notas) related to the project's execution taking place July 31, 2012. The purpose of the project was to improve the quality of health attention given to officials in Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security. The name of the project according to Costa Rica's Ministry of Planning and Economic Policy is "Donación Equipo Médico y Hospitalario." The project may have been funded through a Free Logistics Assistance Agreement (Acuerdo sobre la Asistencia Logística Gratuita), also signed December 26, 2011 by the Ministry of Public Security of Costa Rica and the Ministry of National Defense of China, which is listed in the "project monitoring" section of the database entry about the donation.