The Italian Cooperation in collaboration with the UN Office for Project Services or UNOPS on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lakes Health Ministry to construct an operation theatre in Rumbek Civil Hospital.
Italian Cooperation representative Padrico Porro said the construction of the theatre begins in April and expected to complete by October, Good News Radio reported.
He said the money was a gift from the Italian government through UNOPS to Lakes State citizens.
Lakes Health Minister Majok Malek welcomed the construction of the theatre and hoped that the new facility would boost service to patients in the State and neighbouring Unity and Warrap States.
The construction of the operation theatre came after the organization built a 20-bed Paediatric Ward at Cuamm Hospital in Yirol West County inaugurated last week.