EU releases aid for flooded hospital

THE EUROPEAN Commission has allocated up to €100,000 in additional support to replace and renew equipment for the Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu hospital in north Nicosia which was damaged by last week’s severe floods.

This money comes from the existing local infrastructure scheme funded by the €259 million EU Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community. The project will be managed by UNDP on behalf of the EU. The project aims to restore the range of medical treatment and services to be provided by the hospital.

The hospital is already benefiting from €700,000 of EU support for equipment and building renovation for the safe handling and treatment of hospital waste.

Commissioner Stefan Fόle said “Our thoughts go to the victims of the calamitous flooding in Nicosia last weekend. We offer an additional €100.000 of new equipment for this hospital in addition to the work already foreseen there and in the rest of Nicosia for the Turkish Cypriot community.”

The EU is providing considerable support to Turkish Cypriots in the northern part of Nicosia with a €8.2 million contribution to the Mia Milia/Haspolat waste water treatment plant and €2.64 million for the replacement of asbestos concrete water pipes.

Major projects in Nicosia funded by the EU and implemented by the UNDP include the restoration of the Bedestan for its reuse as a cultural venue, the rehabilitation of the Old Municipal Market in the very centre of the Nicosia walled city and the structural upgrading of facades of building situated at the Ledra Street/Lokmaci crossing point.

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