Primera Página – Agencia de Noticias – Bogotá. – With the joyful nostalgia that characterizes her a few days before leaving office in the hands of her successor, Carlos Fernando Galán Pachón, Mayor Claudia Nayibe López Hernández inaugurated the Bosa Hospital. It is a 30,000 square meter facility with an emergency center, sterilization center, clinical laboratory, imaging area, 136 rooms, 7 operating rooms and 12 intensive care units. The official acknowledged the Peñalosa administration for the structuring of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in social infrastructure and the Colombian-Spanish consortium, which complied with the stipulated time and budget. Juan Antonio Carpintero López, president and majority partner of Grupo Ortiz. The community oversaw the PPP process. Financial backing As revealed by Primera Página on October 1, 2021, Bancolombia and Itaú co-led the financing, for $260 billion, of the project in Bosa, which contemplated the design, construction, provision, operation and maintenance of the physical infrastructure and equipment of the project. The financing was also the first to obtain a social loan certification in the country for a PPP. This is a type of loan that recognizes the alignment of the loan’s impact with sustainability principles. The disbursement of the $260,000 million was then made in equal parts by Grupo Bancolombia and Itaú; it was also part of the financing also endorsed in the social loan modality by Vigeo-Eiris of Moody’s ESG Solutions. Other support The project was awarded to Grupo Ortiz, a construction company and concession operator with presence in Colombia since 2010, which already had experience in PPPs in the health sector. Subsequently, on August 2, 2021, the Spanish agency Cofides offered support to the Group for the design, construction, equipment and maintenance of the Bosa Hospital. And acquired a shareholding percentage of up to 45% of the company Promotora Hospital de Bosa S.A.S. and 45% of a subordinated debt, for 11 million euros. The total investment in the hospital amounted to US$83 million (US$332,000 million). About Grupo Ortiz This Spanish company operates and bids for basic service concessions (road, rail, and telecommunications).