The National Economic and Development Authority board has approved a plan to build a P6-billion Cancer Center in the Philippine capital — the first public-private partnership under the Marcos government, according to the presidential palace. READ:
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“It will be solicited from the public through the submission of a bid and will be structured as a 30-year Build-Operate-Transfer arrangement under the BOT Law,” the Presidential Communications Office said in a statement. The 300-bed capacity hospital for cancer patients inside University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital ground in Manila will offer “comprehensive, high-quality and affordable oncology services,” the palace said.“The UP-PGH’s private partner will design, engineer, construct and commission the entire new hospital building,” the palace said.
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