Overview

China sends 9th Chinese medical team to B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Nepal

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•NepalSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

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Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2016

Start (actual): Mar 2, 2016

End (actual): Feb 23, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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The Chinese medical team is stationed at the B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, which is located in Bharatpur. More detailed locational information is available at https://www.google.com/maps/place/B.P+Koirala+Memorial+Cancer+Hospital/@27.6634881,84.4187542,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x83afc90622a1209?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsnfXghYbpAhWcgnIEHUanDZ8Q_BIwCnoECBYQCg and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/233234380#map=19/27.66493/84.41766

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 Nepal

Miscellaneous Agency Types

B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital (BPKMCH)

Loan description

China sends 9th Chinese medical team to B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Nepal

Narrative

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Project narrative

The Chinese government (Hebei Province) has been sending medical teams to Nepal every two years since 1999. The 9th medical team consisting of 17 people arrived in Nepal on March 2, 2016. The team was stationed at B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital. The work was handed over to the 10th medical team on February 23, 2017. The Chinese medical team is stationed at the B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, which is located in Bharatpur. Its exact locational coordinates are available at https://www.google.com/maps/place/B.P+Koirala+Memorial+Cancer+Hospital/@27.6634881,84.4187542,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x83afc90622a1209?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsnfXghYbpAhWcgnIEHUanDZ8Q_BIwCnoECBYQCg.

Staff comments

The B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital is a comprehensive cancer care center with 450 beds and equipped with diagnostic and therapeutic machines in the country. It was established in the 1990s with financial aid from China.