Overview

Chinese Government donates medical equipment worth $25 million GYD to Guyana's Ministry of Public Health

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$132,588

Commitment Year•2012Country of Activity•GuyanaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GuyanaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Oct 22, 2012

Start (actual): Oct 22, 2012

End (actual): Oct 22, 2012

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This project supported Georgetown Public Hospital and Linden Hospital Complex. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11213168 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/794559998

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

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Guyanese Ministry of Public Health

Loan description

Chinese Government donates medical equipment worth $25 million GYD to Guyana's Ministry of Public Health

Narrative

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Project narrative

On October 22, 2012, the Chinese Government donated medical equipment worth $25 million GYD to Guyana's Ministry of Public Health. The donated equipment was intended to benefit general surgery and other areas. It included an ultrasound machine, which was earmarked for use at Linden Hospital Complex (LHC). It also included equipment for the ophthalmology, orthopedics, gynecology, obstetrics, plastic surgery, and endocrinology departments at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and other equipment for LHC and other Guyanese health institutions.