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Chinese Government provides RMB 346 million grant — via ETCA — for Napoleon Dávila Hospital Construction Project (Linked to Record ID#72705)

¥346M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Ecuador
Country	Ecuador
Start Date	Oct 11, 2017
End Date	Jan 30, 2031
Duration	4,859 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`59270`

Grant Description

Following a 7.8 earthquake on April 16, 2016, the Chinese Government decided to donate a modern 120-bed hospital in the city of Chone, after the original hospital, Hospital de Chone Napoleón Dávila, was destroyed. A Memorandum of Understanding regarding the project was signed on October 20, 2016.

Then, on October 11, 2017, the Chinese Government and the Government of Ecuador signed Letters of Exchange, which committed RMB 346 million of grant funding for the Napoleon Dávila Hospital Construction Project, including RMB 335 million for construction/equipment costs and RMB 11 million for project administration costs.

The funds were drawn from a grant provided through an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that the two parties signed November 17, 2016.

The Government of Ecuador was expected to use the proceeds of the grant to finance a $54.67 million commercial contract between China CAMC Engineering Co. (CAMCE) and Ecuador’s Public Project Engineering Management Committee, which was signed on June 25, 2016.

The purpose of the project was to construct a new hospital (Napoleon Dávila Hospital) in Chone with 120 beds, 5 operating rooms, 16 offices. Its exact locational coordinates are -0.70609606400135, -80.0968418000083. The project site sits on a 2.1 hectare lot and the total construction area is 13,400 square meters.

The hospital was designed with units for external consultation, hemodialysis, intensive care unit, neonatology, emergency, pharmacy, laboratories, and inagenology.

It also includes an obstetric center, surgical center, dining room, laundry room, dressing rooms, warehouses, administrative area, morgue, workshops and machine room. CAMCE was the contractor responsible for project implementation.

A formal groundbreaking ceremony took place on November 18, 2016 and the project was originally expected to reach completion within 20 months (July 18, 2018). However, the project was ultimately completed on May 9, 2021.

📋 Staff Comments

The hospital is referred to as both Chone General Hospital and Napoleon Dávila Córdova General Hospital in Chone.
This project is also known as the Chone General Hospital Construction Project. The Chinese project title is 厄乔内医院项目.
On November 18, 2016 (the day of the project’s groundbreaking ceremony), two other Chinese Government grant agreements were signed: an RMB 300 million grant agreement for Miguel Hilario Alcívar Hospital, in Bahía de Caráquez (captured via Project ID#59712) and a donation of 10,000 computers to the Ministry of Education (captured via Project ID#59708).

📚 Sources & References

CAMCE Suscribió Contrato Comercial del Proyecto de Construcción del Hospital Chone en Ecuador
China Helps Rebuild Chone Hospital
Chinese Ambassador to Ecuador inspects CAMCE's aid to Ecuador's Chona Hospital project
Convenio de Cooperación Económica y Técnica entre el Gobierno de la República del Ecuador y el Gobierno de la República Popular China Sobre el Otorgamiento de Recursos no Reembolsables de China al Ecuador
Ecuador y China suscriben acuerdos de cooperación no reembolsable para la reconstrucción de Manabí
ESTUDIO DE IMPACTO AMBIENTAL EXPOST DEL PROYECTO: “CONSTRUCCIÓN Y OPERACIÓN DEL HOSPITAL GENERAL EN CHONE DE 120 CAMAS
PROVINCIA DE MANABÍ”
Hospital de Chone, será una realidad
La construcción del Hospital General de Chone se inicia hoy
Memorándum de Entendimiento entre el Ministerio de Comercio de la República Popular de China, la Secretaría Técnica de Reconstrucción y Reactivación Productiva y Ministerio de Salud Pública
New hospital to be built in Ecuador's quake-hit city with Chinese aid
Sinomach subsidiary to build hospital in Ecuador
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AID ECUADOR CHONE GENERAL HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WAS SUCCESSFULLY HELD
The President of Ecuador attended the handover and opening ceremony of the aided Ochone Hospital project, [Letters of Exchange 11 October 2017
Nota Nro. MREMH-GM-SCI-21217-2017]
中工国际签署厄瓜多尔乔内医院项目商务合同
习近平同厄瓜多尔总统科雷亚共同出席中厄合作项目揭牌仪式和视频连线活动
我对厄援建乔内医院将有效改善当地医疗卫生条件
援厄乔内医院项目举行交接仪式
援厄瓜多尔乔内医院项目举行施工合同签约仪式 Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.

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