Regional Broadband Infrastructure Development

Tirana University Hospital Centre Reform Programme Phase 2

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Project Financing

WBIF Grant TA-ALB-04 € 480,000
CEB Loan € 15,930,000
CEB Other Sources € 1,789,060
National Contribution Own Contribution € 14,050,792
Total € 32,249,852
Total Grants € 480,000
Total Loans € 15,930,000

Project Description

Tirana University Hospital is the most important tertiary medical facility in Albania. This facility is the largest hospital in the country with a bed capacity of approximately 1,450 beds and serves 65,000 patients every year.

The investments were foreseen to be implemented in several stages. The first phase covered the construction of a new main building for the hospital including an emergency unit, radiology, intensive care, laboratories, central sterilisation, and functional diagnostics. The second phase consists of two additional floors on the main building and the rehabilitation of the General Medicine Building.

The WBIF provided a €580,000 EU grant to support the preparation of the feasibility study, including the environmental impact assessment and the energy supply study. The grant also provided for a training component focused on maintenance and waste management.

The study was completed in June 2010; it was carried out by the Infrastructure Project Facility 2. The loan for the investment works was signed with CEB in January 2015, while the latter is expected to be completed by December 2019.

Results and Benefits

  • approx. 27,000 sqm new building, out of which 5,000 sqm the rest of the two additional floors of the main building resulted from the 1st Phase
  • the new building is expected to provide spaces for the following services: medical and surgical intensive care, day-surgery, radiotherapy, oncology, functional diagnostic, dialysis (total around 270 beds) and outpatient department
  • the hospital’s efficiency will increase together with the quantity and quality of health services
  • the new building creates the conditions for the realization of a modern emergency unit (trauma centre) and increases the quality of radiotherapy and oncology services
  • Countries: Albania
  • Code: PRJ-ALB-SOC-002
  • Sector: Social
  • Lead IFI: CEB
  • Status: Implementation
  • Beneficiary:
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Partner Financial Organisations

Western Balkans Partners