Laos receives the first of the new Mahosot Hospital buildings.

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The first wing of Vientiane Capital's new Mahosot Hospital building was completed and officially handed over yesterday.

 

According to Lao National Radio, the Chinese Ambassador to Laos, Jiang Zaidong, formally presented the new Mahosot Hospital and amenities to the Minister of Health, Dr. Bounfeng Phommalaysith, at a ceremony in Vientiane Capital.

 

The new facilities were built on a total of more than five hectares of land, with the new hospital becoming the country's largest once completed.

 

The project is being completed in two parts, with the first phase seeing the completion of an eight-story building and a four-story structure, and the second phase seeing the completion of another five-story building and a four-story building by the end of 2022.

 

The People's Republic of China built and sponsored the hospital, which has 600 beds and a rooftop helicopter pad, at a cost of about CNY 592 million (USD 92 million).

 

The Chinese government has also provided medical equipment to the new Mahosot Hospital, as well as three years of training for the hospital's medical staff after the construction project is completed, with the goal of increasing the quality of treatment provided by Lao doctors.

 

During a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the project's groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Bounnhang Vorachit, the former President of Laos.

 

Mahosot Hospital, founded by French doctors in 1910, is one of Laos' first hospitals, with some of the old structures still standing.

 

Credit Source: The Laotian Times

 

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