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Lupane to get $55m Chinese hospital
16 Feb 2017 at 00:58hrs | Views
Government has secured $55 million from China to construct a provincial hospital in Matabeleland North capital Lupane, Health and Child Care deputy minister Aldrin Musiiwa has said.
Musiiwa told parliament on Wednesday that the contractor is already on site.
"We have now secured funds from a Chinese programme known as FOCAC and US$55 million has been afforded for the construction of the provincial hospital for Matabeleland North at Lupane.
" We have actually retained the last contractor who is on site updating plans and we will update the House as the work progresses" he is quoted saying by the Parliamentary Hansard.
He was responding to a question as to when the new District Hospital would be constructed in the Lupane District.
He added "We are going to move as expeditiously as possible for them to have a purely Government hospital, but in the mean time, our hands are tied".
Musiiwa told parliament on Wednesday that the contractor is already on site.
"We have now secured funds from a Chinese programme known as FOCAC and US$55 million has been afforded for the construction of the provincial hospital for Matabeleland North at Lupane.
" We have actually retained the last contractor who is on site updating plans and we will update the House as the work progresses" he is quoted saying by the Parliamentary Hansard.
He was responding to a question as to when the new District Hospital would be constructed in the Lupane District.
He added "We are going to move as expeditiously as possible for them to have a purely Government hospital, but in the mean time, our hands are tied".
Source - Byo24News
