Strive to complete the 700-bed General Hospital project by the end of the second quarter of 2014.
On the morning of September 9, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee worked with the Management Board of the 700-bed General Hospital Project to find capital solutions to speed up the progress and put the project into use in the near future. Also participating in the meeting were Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of provincial departments, branches and Vinh City People's Committee.
(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of September 9, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee worked with the Management Board of the 700-bed General Hospital Project to find capital solutions to speed up the progress and put the project into use in the near future. Also participating in the meeting were Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of provincial departments, branches and Vinh City People's Committee.
The 700-bed General Hospital Project was approved by the Provincial People's Committee with a total investment of VND 1,356,458 million, with a total floor area of 57,106 m2. The project is implemented in 2 phases, of which the total investment in phase I is VND 820 billion. Up to now, the project has basically completed the architectural construction, electricity and water supply for construction items and is in the process of installing equipment for the hospital's technical system and infrastructure technical system. The total value of the implemented volume is VND 668 billion, the remaining value of phase I is VND 152 billion, of which the construction is VND 68 billion and the equipment installation is VND 84 billion.
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong delivered a concluding speech at the meeting.
The current problem is the lack of capital to implement the next items in phase I, with 290 billion VND. The problem of price slippage is many times higher than the initial estimate, such as the price of materials and equipment increased by 127.7%, labor costs increased by 191.8%, construction machinery increased by 128.8%, while the contingency cost for price slippage was only approved at 5%, causing difficulties in payment to contractors.
In particular, for the hospital to be put into operation, there must be a wastewater treatment system, but it has not yet been built. The investment for area B - the service center for patients and their relatives - has not yet been cleared. Some previously approved items are having problems that need to be adjusted, and there are some items that have arisen but have not been approved....
Project management board reports on hospital project construction progress
After listening to the opinions of the Project Management Board, the investor and the leaders of departments, branches and sectors, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong highly appreciated the determination of the Project Management Board, the investor and the contractors in the recent period in actively implementing the work in the context of difficult capital sources. At the same time, he affirmed: This is a key project of the province that needs to be urged to speed up the progress, put into use, ensure medical examination and treatment for the people, and soon overcome the current overload situation at the Provincial General Hospital.
Therefore, the investor and the project management board need to review and promptly complete the planning adjustment dossier to submit to the province for additional approval to implement the remaining work; focus on directing and urging contractors to overcome all difficulties to synchronously implement the items; coordinate with provincial departments and branches and central ministries and branches to mobilize additional capital sources for the project; pay attention to the plan to move the old hospital to the new hospital; proactively coordinate with Vinh city to compensate and clear the site of area B for early implementation.
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong inspected the functional rooms of the 700-bed hospital project.
On the side of provincial departments and branches, Vinh city needs to coordinate with the project management board, investors and construction units to resolve the remaining work. On the side of contractors, they need to share difficulties with the province, proactively advance their capital to synchronously construct items, and put the hospital project into use by the end of the second quarter of 2014.
News and photos: Mai Hoa
