And if that extra cost does fall on GOB's shoulders, where will the money come from? Here's what Perez said.
Andre Perez, Area Representative Belize Rural South
"I can't answer that as such as to where we are going to get the funding as a matter of fact not only for the hospital right now the government has absorbed over 60 million dollars in fuel taxes that is affecting our budget because we already made the plans for what we are going to do for capital expenditure and it is being affected and as such this project also calls for that as well if the government is suppose to hold that so that is if, remember that is not to say that they are going, that is why we leave it to the ministry of finance to the prime minister in terms of engaging with the government and the ambassador and of course the government of republic of China Taiwan and i'll leave it at that."