Minister of Housing Carlos Bonilla says the major delays in the completing of the Luis E. Aybar Medical City are because the builder, Consorcio Consmara-Seminsa has not fulfilled the contractual obligations despite multiple binding agreements to the effect. After almost four years in charge, the Ministry of Housing has yet to be successful in advancing on the ambitious hospital city that was begun 10 years ago during the second term of the Medina administration.
The Minister of Housing says that it has begun a legal process to end the contract with the builder of the hospital, Consorcio Consmara-Seminsa. Housing Minister Carlos Bonilla blames the company for the government’s failure to complete the hospital. The contract signed in 2013 established the hospital city works should have been delivered in 2017.
The major hospital center was begun in 2014 during the Danilo Medina administration. Medina started renovations at more than 50 public hospitals, finishing very few. The Luis E. Aybar hospital was the most ambitious undertaking. The hospital center is still only 20% operational, as reported in Listin Diario.
The story broke again in Listin Diario with the call by the hospital presiding physician Jose Joaquin Puello Herrera for completion. Listin Diario reported that the government has spent more than RD$18 billion in the construction, with little to show for. More so, past contractors sold billions in equipment that has yet to be installed. Most of the equipment has already lost the guarantees.
In a letter to Listin Diario, Minister Carlos Bonilla says that an audit of the construction project established the buildings have pending delivering more than RD$2 billion in construction work.
The hospital city is strategically located amidst several low-income barrios.
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DR1 News
17 June 2024