Chinese government commits funds from ETCAs for Puyo Hospital construction, project cancelled (linked to Record ID#69459, #35814, #88148, #88166, and #88168)

Project narrative

On September 9, 2009, the governments of China and Ecuador signed Letters of Exchange, in which the two governments agreed to use grants provided through several Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreements (ETCA) to fund the Puyo Hospital construction project, including those signed on June 2, 2006, November 20, 2007, October 29, 2008, and February 13, 2009 (see #35814, #88148, #88166, and #88168 respectively). However, on August 3, 2011, the two governments signed a second set of Letters of Exchange, in which the two agreed to cancel the project, at the request of the Government of Ecuador. However, the majority of the preliminary design, based on a realized feasibility study, had already been finished, and cost 1.45 million RMB shared to the November 20, 2007 ETCA. This transaction is captured in Record ID#69459. Per the September 2009 Letters of Exchange, the hospital was to have a surface area of about 7,580 square meters. It was to include 100 beds and emergency, consultation, hospitalization, and medical technical departments, among other things. The Chinese government was to be in charge of project design and research; administration of construction machines and materials; and sending engineers and technicians to Ecuador. Puyo Hospital was later constructed without Chinese official financing, costing approximately 42 million USD. Construction began in February 2012 and the hospital was inaugurated in February 2013, with design work being done by PMMT Arquitectura, a Spanish architecture firm.