KfW, a German development finance unit is giving a 28 million Euro credit to complete the project. A grant of 3 million Euros will also be given by the Helmut Kohl Maternity Hospital Foundation for medical equipment.

The finance ministry says the state has a plan to cut maternal mortality from 31.1 per 100,000 live births now to 20 and child mortality from 10.9 per 1,000 live births to 4.5.

About 12,000 deliveries a year has taken place in Mahamodara hospital a year and services were given to 24,000 mothers.