The First Maternity Hospital has been expanded. The new facility, build-up with 10 billion MNT financial support from Centerra Gold Inc became operational on Thursday. Minister for Health, N.Udval, Ulaanbaatar City Governor E.Bat-Uul and chairman of the First Maternity Hospital, D.Enkhbayar received the new facility with its new equipments.

The facility will open for patients with a maternal ward with 190 beds, intensive care ward or pediatric with 50 beds and a maternity ward with 100 beds in the center of Ulaanbaatar.
The First Maternity Hospital requires currently more than 200 medical doctors and nurses to work at full capacity. Therefore the chairman of the new facility D.Enkhbayar invited qualified professionals to work for the hospital.

The First Maternity Hospital will receive patients when the State Specialized Inspection Agency issues a permit after a dust and air quality test.

D.Enkhbayar, the chairman of the First Maternity Hospital said that he is looking forward to receiving patients soon.

There were 45,000 babies born in 2005 in Mongolia. The number of babies born increased three folds or by 75,000 in 2012.

As a result of the new expanded facility being operational the overloading will be reduce by 50-60 times according to N.Udval, the Minister for Health.