Global Courant
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan of 150 million dollars to strengthen and expand the hospital network of Honduras.
The resources will seek to improve the effectiveness and access to specialized maternal and child hospital services, care for external injuries and non-communicable diseases, indicated the IDB in a statement through its office in Tegucigalpa.
The loan will finance the construction and equipment of a general hospital in the municipality of Roatanin the Honduran Caribbean, and two trauma hospitals, one in Tegucigalpa and the other in San Pedro Sula, in the center and north of the country.
The hospitals in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula will have co-financing from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
He IDB He also pointed out that the health system in Honduras faces important challenges in access to health services, which especially affect the most vulnerable people.
“The deficit in quality hospital infrastructure is one of the main determinants that limit this access. On the other hand, injuries from external causes are the first cause of emergency care in hospitals, causing hospital oversaturation,” the statement highlights.
The project will also finance equipment for the patient transfer system, including ambulances, and pre-hospital communication and telemedicine services between the intervened hospitals and their primary network, among others.
According to him IDB, the $150 million loan has a disbursement period of six years and an interest rate of 0.25%. EFE
