After years of prevarication and delays magnified by “objections” from consortiums who did not succeed in bidding for contracts The Ministry of Health (Minsa)  on Monday March 9  awarded the Spanish consortium Acciona Construcción SA, the tender for the construction of the new Hospital del Nino (Children’s Hospital)  in Calidonia.

Promises of a new center to replace the aging structure on Avenida Balbo have spread over four administrations while staff continue to work in overcrowded conditions with insufficient beds for patients.

The current bidding began from the beginning of 2019, the Chinese consortium Camce also participated, however, during the qualification process the evaluation commission formed by the MINSA awarded a score of 87.92 to Acciona and 87 to Camce.

The tender was characterized by complaint resources that extended the process and that generated discomfort among executives of the Children's Hospital, and of organizations that defend the rights of patients who go to the pediatric hospital daily, who demand the early construction of a new hospital since the current one is over 60 years old