Narrative
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Project narrative
The purpose of the Civil Service Hospital Upgrading and Renovation Project to build a new surgical building with 117 beds along with the availability of operation theatre (OT), neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery services. The total cost of the project is 1.3 billion Nepali rupees. The project is being funded with the proceeds from an RMB 1 billion grant that the Chinese Government committed to the Government of Nepal in 2016 (see Record ID#53689). This project entered implementation on September 26, 2018. It was constructed by Guangzhou Construction Co., Ltd., and the consortium of China Zhongyuan International Engineering Co., Ltd. and Jingxing International Engineering Management Co., Ltd. were responsible for project management. The project was expected to be completed in 15 months, so completion was scheduled for December 2019. 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.
Staff comments
The Chinese name of the project is 尼泊尔公务员医院升级改造项目. The Civil Service Hospital was completed in 2008 and is located in the center of Kathmandu. With a construction area of about 11,000 square meters and more than 120 beds, it provides medical service to the public. The construction of the hospital was financed with a $35 million grant from the Chinese Government (see Record ID#34350). The renovation project was an emergent response to earthquake relief in Nepal (see Record ID#43970).