Bolivia General Hospital "Santa Cruz" of the Caja Nacional de Salud in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Summary

The goal of the project is to help solve the problem of undercapacity and lack of medical services in the Santa Cruz department in Bolivia.

Location

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Sector

Social Services

Applicant

Ministry of Health and Sports

Competent Authority

Caja Nacional de Salud

Parties Involved in the Development Phase

SAB MedConsult and AMPC

Project number

ORIO09/BO/02

Total ORIO Grant amount

8,649,873 Euro

Status project

Development Phase

The Santa Cruz department has over 2 million inhabitants. The city increased rapidly during the last 30 years, but in this period hospital capacity did not grow accordingly. This created a shortage in health care services. The capacity of the existing two hospitals in Santa Cruz totals 280 beds. In comparison to international standards whereby the standard is 2 hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants, Santa Cruz would need 4000 additional beds. With the current total there is undercapacity, a lack of (acute) medical services and a strong rise in demand.

The project comprises the establishment of a comprehensive tertiary 400-bed hospital in the capital city Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The hospital will not only benefit the 2 million people of the Santa Cruz department, it will also function as the reference hospital for the entire Eastern part of Bolivia with around 4 million inhabitants (20% of the population) of which over 40% are indigent. In total nearly 1,5 million poor will have access to the new hospital.

The ORIO transaction includes:

• Equipment
• Medical equipment
• Furniture
• Maintenance
• Organisation
• Hospital management
• Hospital hygiene
• Waste management