The first loan approved by the legislators was US$20 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for health services on the Atlantic Coast, mainly for repairs to the municipal hospital at Puerto Cabezas that was destroyed by hurricane Felix last September.

Source: pa-digital.com.pa

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