Nelson Mandela tampoco estuvo listo el 28 de noviembre
Para el pasado 28 de noviembre estaba programada la inauguración del Hospital de Nelson Mandela, en el sur de Cartagena; sin embargo, el gobierno de Dumek Turbay no entregó esa esperada obra porque aún no está lista. Con la del viernes pasado, el gobierno de Turbay ya suma una segunda fecha fallida de inauguración, pues en marzo pasado, cuando visitó ese sector del sur cartagenero, les anunció a sus habitantes que el hospital abriría sus puertas en septiembre.
TL;DR
- The Nelson Mandela Hospital in Cartagena missed its second scheduled inauguration date on November 28.
- Outstanding tasks include electrical energization by Afinia, equipment installation, and final civil works such as painting and facade completion.
- The contract has been extended by one month, until December 28, with project execution now over 90% complete.
- The hospital is part of Compromiso Colombia's initiative to address 'white elephants' or unfinished public works.
- The project originated from a 2014 initiative to intervene in 39 medical centers, but funding issues led to its paralysis until construction restarted in 2023.
- The current administration received the project at 20% completion, with funding from subsequent administrations totaling around $30 billion COP.
- The four-story hospital will offer services including emergencies, outpatient consultations, general medicine, dentistry, and diagnostic imaging.
- The Canapote hospital also remains unfinished, awaiting energization.
- Both projects highlight issues of poor public infrastructure planning, leading to duplicated costs and delayed essential services for citizens.