Three teams bid for new Chilean hospital conccesion
Three companies have submitted technical and economic proposals to Chile's public works ministry MOP for the concession of two hospitals in central region V, the Biprovincial Quillota - Petorca hospital and the Provincial Marga Marga hospital.
The companies that have submitted proposals are the following:
The project is scheduled to be awarded on March 7, 2014 .
The concession project of the "Red V Region" includes an investment of UF5.8 million (US$242 million).
The project involves the construction, maintenance and operation of non-medical support services for the existing Quillota-Petorca and Marga Marga Hospitals. The concession envisages the provision, replacement and maintenance of medical equipment.
The Hospital Quillota - Petorca will provide 264 new beds to the network of Health Service and Quillota Viña del Mar. It will serve 290 thousand people from 8 municipalities surrounding the northern sector of the region, which have a high percentage of rurality.
This new hospital will have 51,500 m², 9 pavilions , 71 query box , 37 procedures box, 3 rooms to give birth and 21 emergency box.
The Marga Marga Provincial Hospital , located in Villa Alemana, will serve 400 thousand people. This hospital will have 51,000 m², 264 new beds, 9 pavilions, 69 query box, 37 procedures box, 3 rooms to give birth and 21 emergency box.
The hospitals will begin their operation gradually, in order to cope with the projected growth of demand more efficiently.
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