Overview

China grants $125,000 USD in medical equipment to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$129,748

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•BarbadosDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BarbadosSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2019

Start (actual): May 17, 2019

End (actual): May 17, 2019

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This project grants $125,000 USD in medical equipment to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/440523260.

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

Chinese Embassy
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) (Barbados)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) (Barbados)

Loan description

China grants $125,000 USD in medical equipment to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 17, 2019, The Chinese embassy to Barbados handed over $125,000 in medical equipment (qehconnect) to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in order to further improve the hospital's diagnosis and treatment abilities. The handover occurred during the third Chinese medical team's visit to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Barbados, which is detailed in Record ID #71321. Specific medical equipment from the grant includes: a vital signs monitor (Mindray VS-900 model), two blood pressure monitors (Omron Intellisense HEM-7130 model), another patient monitor (Mindray brand, likely an iPM series), two syringe pumps (unknown manufacturer), a thyroid function checker and a portable ultrasound device (qehconnect).

Staff comments

Barbados is not ODA-eligible from 2011 onwards.