20090304: 6.3 billion RMB shortfall in funds for reconstruction of medical and sanitation facilities

四川灾区医疗重建资金缺口63亿 工程进度缓慢

来源:四川在线

According to a teleconference of Sichuan medical-sanitation institute on 3rd March 2009, there was a 6.3 billion RMB shortfall in funds for the reconstruction of medical and sanitation facilities. By 27th Feb, only 522 projects had been completed, which accounted for 12.65% of the initial plan. According to Chen Wenhua, vice-governor of Sichuan government, progress in the reconstruction of medical-sanitation facilities has been relatively slow, compared to other public facilities.
“With the current progress, it is rather difficult to complete all these reconstruction projects in only 10 months, and it will get harder and harder,” said Chen.  By 27th February 2009, in the 1252 projects that had already received capital from central or provincial government, only 425 of them were under construction or already finished. 10 counties that were identified as “tremendously affected counties” had no projects ongoing.
So how did the lag happen when sufficient subsidies had already arrived? Chen Wenhua had concluded:
Firstly, some local government have not attached sufficient priorty to medical-sanitation projects. Responsibilities were not well defined. Secondly, other public facility projects were given priority in some counties. Last but not least, the imbalance of capital distributed between different counties has substantially hampered progress on reconstruction, which means the general “sufficient subsidies” was actually not enough for certain projects.
To further explain the last point, Chen emphasized that the lack of progress/funds was partially the result of the high construction standards that some local government prescribed, which were not accounted for when budgets were issued centrally.
Chen pointed out that it is vital to define the responsibilities of each level and department of the government in the face of all the demanding work and the tight schedule – all reconstruction work of medical-sanitation institutions must be in progress by the end of March 2009; reinforcement needs to be completed before July; and by the end of 2009, all the newly built town and township clinics must be in operation.

今(3)日,记者从四川省地震灾区医疗卫生机构恢复重建电视电话会议上获悉,全省医疗卫生机构恢复重建资金总缺口约63亿元,截至2月27日,全省在建及竣工项目522个,占规划的12.65%,与其他公共设施恢复重建进度相比,副省长陈文华称:“全省医疗卫生机构的恢复重建工程进度相对缓慢。”
“如果依照目前进度,要在仅有的10个月时间内,基本完成重建,任务十分繁重,难度越来越大”,陈文华说,截止2月27日,在国定和省定重灾县,已经落实资金的1252个项目中,在建和竣工项目仅有425个,有10个县没有开工项目。
资金已经到位,工程为何滞后?陈文华总结了3个原因:一是部分地方政府重视不够,主体责任不到位,“等、靠、要”的思想依然存在。二是一些地方未按要求优先重建医疗卫生机构,国定重灾县间存在明显的资金不均衡现象,资金不足及资金落实不平衡的问题,已经严重影响恢复重建进度。三是部分项目建设标准有所突破,超出了国家的前期批复内容。

陈文华说:“在目前任务重、时间紧的情况下,有必要再次明确各级各部门应承担的职责。”
3月底前市级、县级医疗卫生机构要开工,年底前基本完成主体工程建设;6月底以前,医疗卫生机构维修加固工作要全部完工;年底前,乡镇卫生院建设项目要全部完工并投入使用。

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