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Overview

Chinese Embassy provides medical equipment to Syrian Children's Hospital in August 2020

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•Syrian Arab RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Syrian Arab RepublicSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 18, 2020
Start (actual)
Aug 18, 2020
End (actual)
Aug 18, 2020

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

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Children's University Hospital - Damascus (General Authority for Pediatric Hospital)

Loan description

Chinese Embassy provides medical equipment to Syrian Children's Hospital in August 2020

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On August 18, 2020, the Chinese Embassy provided medical equipment to the Bone Marrow Transplant Center of the Syrian University Children's Hospital. This donation will be used to improve the medical services in the Bone Marrow Transplant Center at the hospital. The total contents and value of the donation is unknown, with the donation being referred to as "medical supplies." An interview with the Minister of Education of Syria, Bassam Ibrahim, noted the donation included computers. A handover ceremony was held for this donation at the Ministry of Education in Syria. China’s Ambassador to Syria, Feng Biao, and the head of the University Children’s Hospital, Rustom Makkieh, attended the ceremony and signed the handover certificate. Chen Wenlin, the Commercial Counselor of the Embassy, and Bassam Ibrahim, the Syrian Minister of Higher Education, also attended the ceremony. The Syrian Children's Hospital is the affiliated hospital of Damascus University in the capital of Syria. It is the largest children's general hospital in the country and provides free medical care for Syrian children.