WILLEMSTAD - The loan requested by the New Hospital Otrabanda (HNO) to the Dutch government is largely to cover construction costs. This is according to the Financial Supervision Council (CFT).

182 million is needed for construction costs and the remainder of the 200 million to be borrowed is for infrastructure, equipment and medical equipment.

In 2014, Curaçao already submitted two loan applications totaling 437 million guilders. These were granted, but additional resources are still needed to complete the construction and make the hospital operational.

This is partly due to the terrain: the hospital was supposed to be built on the Amstel site in Nieuwe Haven but later this decision was reversed, and construction started in Otrobanda.