# China Supports Revamp of Mogadishu's Benadir Hospital

> Somaliland Sun reported on 2022-04-21 that China supported revamping the operation theater of Banadir Hospital; details on cost, funding, completion date…

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 30 September 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Engineering and Methods
- Tags: concrete, structural-engineering, construction-safety
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/china-support-revamp-benadir-hospital

## Key points

- Somaliland Sun reported on 2022-04-21 that China supported revamping the entire operation theater of Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu.
- The upgrade installed three major surgery rooms, four manual operation beds, operating lamps, and other equipment, according to hospital director Fartum Sharif Mohamed.
- The report does not establish a completion date, contract value, funding source, or actual patient numbers.

On 21 April 2022, Somaliland Sun reported that China had supported the revamping of the entire operation theater of Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu. The report, based on statements from Somali health officials at a completion ceremony, described installing three major surgery rooms, four manual operation beds, operating lamps, and other equipment during an upgrade that took four months to complete, according to Fartum Sharif Mohamed, director of Banadir Hospital.

The hospital director said that with the resumption of operation capabilities in February, the hospital has the capacity to receive 200 pregnant mothers a month. The report does not specify the year of that February resumption, and it provides no actual patient numbers, only a capacity figure.

Fawziya Abikar Nur, Minister of Health and Human Services of Somalia, said the upgraded theater will help save lives and reaffirms flourishing China-Somalia bilateral relations. Fei Shengchao, Chinese ambassador to Somalia, said Beijing supported the construction of Banadir Hospital in the 1970s and has continuously supported its development. He also announced that in a month's time, a Training Course for Health Practitioners from Somalia would be held between China's National Health Commission and Somalia's Ministry of Health and Human Services, with doctors and nurses from top Chinese hospitals sharing expertise on mothers' and children's health with colleagues from Banadir Hospital and other Mogadishu health facilities.

The Somaliland Sun report does not establish whether the training course actually took place. It also gives no contract value, funding source, disbursement figures, or completion date for the revamp. The report states that Banadir Hospital is part of China-implemented projects in Somalia that also include the National Theatre, Mogadishu Stadium, and Sport Village, but provides no documents or contracts for those historical claims.

> **Note:** The report leaves key project details unverified: no contract value, no start date, no named completion date, and no evidence of actual patient throughput beyond the stated capacity.

## Questions

### Which Chinese company is involved?

The Somaliland Sun report does not name any Chinese company. It attributes the support to the Chinese Embassy and Beijing.

### What specific works are being done?

According to the hospital director, the revamp installed three major surgery rooms, four manual operation beds, operating lamps, and other equipment in the operation theater.

### Is this a donation or loan?

The report does not state whether the support was a donation or a loan, nor does it provide any funding figures.

## Sources

- [Somalia: Chinese Revamp Mogadishu's Benadir Hospital](https://somalilandsun.com/somalia-chinese-revamp-mogadishus-benadir-hospital/) — Somaliland Sun, 2022-04-21