Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran said the contract for the supply of drugs to the tune of $1.8 billion in 2013 was awarded through competitive bidding but acknowledged that there are problems in the systems to manage the storage and inventory of drugs procured.
He was at the time answering questions put to him by Alliance for Change Leader Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday, during the third day of the examination of the estimates in Parliament.
New GPC is by far the biggest supplier of drugs and medical supplies to the Georgetown Hospital and to the Ministry of Health.
Main opposition APNU financial point man Carl Greenidge asked what arrangements the