Ulaanbaatar
Western Region’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center to be renovated
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Prime Minister J.Erdenebat and some members of cabinet have gotten familiarized with the operations of the Center for Medical Diagnosis and Treatment in the Western Region, located in the center of Khovd aimag.
The Premier delivered the good news that the Government will be assisting in resolving the problems, such as the lack of required medical equipment. Extension for the diagnostic and treatment centre’s building and renovation of medical equipment will be completed with funding of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Also, framework of renovating equipment will take place with financing by the Government of Belgium. However, the Government of Mongolia must settle the funds of USD 2.5 billion to secure the international financing. “It is possible to reflect this issue in the Budget Clarifications, to be passed by the parliament”, said the Prime Minister.
The Diagnostic and Treatment Center for Western Region was commissioned in 1987, when Khovd aimag had slightly over 50 thousand population. Today, the aimag’s population has exceeded 80 thousand people. In 2016, about 6,700 patients visited from Bayan-Ulgii, Gobi-Altai and Zavkhan aimags for diagnosis and treatment.
