The Vice-Mayor of Divinópolis, Rinaldo Valério, categorically stated to PORTAL GERAIS, this Wednesday (16), that the mining company Vale will take over the works to complete the works at the Divinópolis Regional Hospital.
Rinaldo assured that the multinational will begin work in 30 days, as received in response from the person responsible for partnerships between the Government of Minas Gerais and private companies.
“I recently received a response from Ian Queiroz, who is responsible for partnerships between the State Government and private companies. However, Vale is willing to complete the works at the Divinópolis Regional Hospital.
As well as compensation for the losses caused to the State, when the solid waste dams broke; environmental, social and human losses that were caused by the accident in Brumadinho and Mariana”, he sentenced.
Valério celebrates the information and said that the last act before the mining company begins its work in Divinópolis will be the signing of the state protocol, which will happen in a month.
“This is very good news for Divinópolis, because within a month Vale will sign the protocol with the State and the company will begin work to finish building our Regional Hospital. Some companies have already shown interest in managing the Hospital and the State Government will study the proposals to choose the winner,” he celebrates.
State does not confirm
The state government is in the process of analyzing the proposals, which were presented by companies interested in taking on the execution of these works in cities where construction has already begun. The Public Subsidy Procurement (TPS) began in May of last year. For now, the state has not confirmed that Vale will take on the work nor has it denied it, it only says that it is analyzing it.
“The activities related to the notice were completed at the end of 2019 and the Working Group prepared a final report containing the main subsidies delivered and observed and the considerations raised throughout the process. The report has already been finalized and the information presented is under analysis”, he explains.
Result in January
According to the State Health Department's Communications Department, the deadline for completing the proposal analyses is the end of January. After the announcement of the winners of each of the projects, the expectation is that the winning companies will begin construction immediately. As of yet, there is no set deadline for resuming work on the Divinopolitano health complex.
Return Works
“The forecast is that the analysis of the information will be finalized by the end of January, considering the reality of each Regional Hospital. There is still no forecast of the dates for the resumption of the works, since the proposals are under analysis”, states the official note.
Among those qualified to manage and finance the hospital is the Intermunicipal Health Consortium of the Expanded West Region for the Management of Urgent and Emergency Services (Cis-Urg), manager of Samu.
Values
To date, R$63 million has been released by the State Health Department. The last transfer was R$2 million. The final estimated cost is R$98,917,720.37, meaning that more than R$31 million is still needed.
The works began in 2009 with an estimated cost of R$36 million.