Saudi Fund for Development CEO Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad laid the foundation stone for the project to rehabilitate and expand the General Children's Emergency Hospital in Kyrgyzstan capital, Bishkek. 

 

SFD will finance the project with a $30 million soft development loan.

 

The ceremony, held under the patronage of Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov was attended by Ibrahim bin Radi Al-Radi, the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the Kyrgyz Republic; Gulnara Baatyrova, the Acting Minister of Health of Kyrgyzstan and several officials.

 

The project will contribute to developing the health sector in the Kyrgyz Republic and improving health services in paediatrics. To cater to the growing healthcare needs of the Republic, the project will include constructing and equipping a five-storey surgical building with a total area of 17,000 sq m and a capacity of about 212 medical beds. The funding of this project also includes providing medical and non-medical equipment, furniture for the surgery building, advisory services, and supervising implementation.

 

The Kyrgyz President expressed his appreciation to the Government of the Saudi Arabia for the development support it provides through the Saudi Fund for Development to the Kyrgyz Republic. He further emphasised that this vital project would contribute to strengthening the health system in the country and will ensure the expansion of the provision of more health care services to the population of Kyrgyzstan.

 

Meanwhile, Kasimampitov Soyunbek, Minister of State of the Kyrgyz Republic and SFD CEO inaugurated a state school in Bishkek. The school's inauguration comes within the comprehensive framework of a project to construct 30 public schools in various regions of the country. 

 

The number of beneficiaries expected to benefit directly and indirectly is expected to reach 50,000 students annually, made possible by the Fund's soft development loan valued at $30 million. – TradeArabia News Service