DistantNews
Support us
🇨🇱 Chile /Health & Science

Health Minister Signs Land Purchase Agreement for New Van Buren Hospital Diagnostic Center

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Official statement New plan
  • Chilean Health Minister May Chomali signed a preliminary agreement to purchase two plots for a new Diagnostic and Treatment Center at Van Buren Hospital in Valparaiso.
  • Chomali said the hospital is severely overcrowded and that changes to the municipal regulatory plan will allow a larger, longer-term building project.
  • Funding has been secured, with the design expected to be ready for a construction tender within at least the next four years.

Health Minister May Chomali has signed a commitment to purchase two new plots for the Diagnostic and Treatment Center planned for Valparaiso’s Van Buren Hospital.

We assessed that this hospital is extremely congested, and it was absolutely essential to move forward with the project they had for this new Diagnostic and Treatment Center.

— May ChomaliExplanation of why the government is advancing the new facility.

Chomali said officials had assessed the hospital as “extremely congested” and considered progress on the new center essential. She also credited the mayor with advancing changes to the regulatory plan, which will allow the project to include a building with a longer-term outlook than previously possible.

The mayor also took an important step by changing the regulatory plan, which will allow the construction of a building with a somewhat longer-term outlook than previously considered.

— May ChomaliComment on the planning changes supporting the project.

“The funding is secured,” Chomali said. The next task, she added, is to complete the design so the works can be put out to tender, a process expected to take at least the next four years.

The funding is secured, and then we have to ensure that, over at least the next four years, the design is ready so the works can be put out to tender.

— May ChomaliStatement on funding and the expected design and tender timeline.
About this summary

Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog