China to Fund $150 Million Children’s Hospital Project in Trinidad

By: - June 3rd, 2013

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

China will be funding the $150 million construction of the Couva Children’s Hospital in Trinidad.

The project, which will be located on a 60-acre site, is being funded as part of a $280.6 million loan agreement with China’s EXIM Bank announced in March.

Following its planned completion in March 2015, the hospital will have 230 beds, a burn care unit, a central pharmacy, a children’s and adults’ casualty clinic and a rooftop heliport.

It will also have a housing facility to serve as a hotel, along with a retail shopping mall.

UdeCOTT will be supervising construction.

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