Signs of stagnation in Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project
(Baonghean.vn) - Land was allocated in 2005 at a "prime" location - along Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Avenue, close to Nghe An General Hospital - but 18 years have passed, the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project is still "progressing at a snail's pace", while thousands of square meters of land are "being" used for the wrong purpose!
Project suspended!
Information about the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project, invested by Thanh Tam Hospital Joint Stock Company, is included in an inspection document at the end of 2022. Accordingly, Thanh Tam Hospital Joint Stock Company was granted Business Registration Certificate No. 2900880223 by the Business Registration Office - Department of Planning and Investment of Nghe An province, first registered on August 4, 2004 (the registration has changed for the third time, on September 27, 2010); address at No. 40, Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Avenue, Nghi Phu Commune, Vinh City.
The Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project, with the goal of examining and treating patients using traditional medicine, is implemented on the land adjacent to Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Avenue, in Nghi Phu Commune, Vinh City. This project was granted Investment Incentive Certificate No. 16/ƯĐĐT-NA by the Provincial People's Committee on May 29, 2006; land lease with an area of 2,900.6 m2March 3, 2005 in Decision No. 177/QD-UB.DC; land was allocated on site on March 18, 2005; and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment granted the Land Use Rights Certificate on May 22, 2007.
Up to now, the Project has undergone two more detailed planning adjustments in Decision No. 742/QD-UBND dated August 5, 2018 and Decision No. 4161/QD-UBND dated September 17, 2022 of the Provincial People's Committee.
According to the detailed construction plan, the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project will be invested by the investor, Thanh Tam Hospital Joint Stock Company, to build 10 items and works. Including the main gate; 1-storey security house; 8-storey and 1-basement management and treatment building, 5-storey administrative building; underground fire tank; power station; wastewater treatment station; side gate; yard.
However, from 2005 - the time the land was allocated until now, on the land where the Project was implemented, the inspection team determined that "at the time of inspection, the Project had built a gate, fence, garage, and 3.5-storey operating house". More importantly, the entire facility including constructions and land in this place is being "used as a base for the Emergency Transport Team...".
There is a very interesting detail in the inspection report, which is that the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project was inspected by the 2017 Interdisciplinary Inspection Team, and the Provincial People's Committee approved the inspection results in Decision No. 2364/QD-UBND dated June 2, 2017.
Searching for Decision No. 2364/QD-UBND of the Provincial People's Committee, it turns out that 6 years ago, through the inspection results of the interdisciplinary team, the Provincial People's Committee concluded that the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project was behind schedule, and Thanh Tam Hospital Joint Stock Company was using land not in accordance with the planning objectives.
The full text of the Provincial People's Committee's conclusion in 2017 regarding the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project is as follows: "The project has built a number of items but is behind schedule, and is not operating in accordance with the investment objectives (the planning was approved for the Hospital but in reality it was used as a parking lot for ambulances)".
Also in Decision No. 2364/QD-UBND, the Provincial People's Committee proposed a handling plan as follows: "Within 3 months from June 2, 2017, Thanh Tam Hospital Joint Stock Company is required to have a report explaining the delay in completion progress, the project's activities are not in accordance with the investment objectives; prepare a dossier requesting adjustment of the planning, adjustment of the project (if any) and commitment to the project completion progress, and send it to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration". At the same time, it emphasized: "If by September 1, 2017, the Investor does not have a dossier, explanatory report sent to the Provincial People's Committee, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment shall advise the Provincial People's Committee to revoke the Land Use Right Certificate and handle it according to the provisions of law".
Illegal "restart" project?
Returning to the 2022 inspection report, it is reported that after the Provincial People's Committee approved the inspection results in Decision No. 2364/QD-UBND dated June 2, 2017, on June 22, 2017, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment sent Document No. 3303/STNMT-QLDD to Thanh Tam Hospital Joint Stock Company to notify the Provincial People's Committee of the handling of the Project. However, up to now, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has not yet received the Document of extension for the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project.
The 2022 inspection report also has an explanation from the Investor's representative: "From 2019 to now, the Investor has adjusted a number of functions to match the hospital's development orientation, so it is necessary to change the planning and design. The application for adjustment of the 1/500 planning and re-approval of design drawings, and application for an operating license have been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Currently, the Investor has submitted an application for a license and is waiting for a Construction Permit. It is expected that in the first quarter of 2023, after obtaining a Construction Permit and completing the bank loan, the Investor will proceed to implement the Project".
And propose, recommend: "To facilitate the implementation of the Project, the Company respectfully requests the interdisciplinary inspection team to report to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and permission for the Company to extend the Project implementation progress until December 31, 2024. The Company commits that if approved by the relevant agencies to extend the progress according to the above time, with available resources and loan capital, the Company will complete the Project in the fourth quarter of 2024".
According to the investigation, up to now, the Provincial People's Committee has not approved the inspection results; there is no opinion on extending the progress of the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project. However, on the morning of July 31, 2023, on the land where this Project is being implemented, there were a number of human resources and motorbikes organizing construction activities. Contacting the People's Committee of Nghi Phu commune to get information, according to Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of the commune Le Thanh Nha, in 2022, Nghi Phu commune participated in the Provincial Interdisciplinary Inspection Team to inspect the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project at the field. Thereby, it was found that the project implementation area is being used by the investor as a parking lot for the Ambulance Team of Hospital 115. The commune government said that this is a slow-progressing project but has no authority to inspect, urge, and handle it. Therefore, every year, when making statistics of slow-progressing projects in the area, this project is included in the list reported to the City People's Committee...
Presenting to Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Le Thanh Nha Commune about the construction activities on the land where Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project is being implemented, Mr. Nha affirmed that Nghi Phu Commune did not receive information from Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Joint Stock Company about the construction activities at the Project; and said that he would assign the Urban Order Team to inspect.
In late July and early August 2023, a reporter from Nghe An Newspaper was informed by a member of the City Urban Order Management Team: "We have inspected the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project on site". Specifically, at the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project, there were a number of construction activities, but upon inspection, the Investor had not been granted a Construction Permit. Therefore, the People's Committee of Nghi Phu Commune suspended construction activities on the Project land. The City Urban Order Management Team coordinated with the People's Committee of Nghi Phu Commune to organize an inspection and make a record of Thanh Tam Hospital Joint Stock Company regarding construction activities at the Thanh Tam Traditional Medicine Hospital Project.
