Addressing a full room, Minister of Health Dr George Norton yesterday hailed the efforts being implemented to end the prequalification process for medical drug supplies in favour of open bidding but he acknowledged that the present system will have to continue in the interim.
At a pre-bidding meeting held at the Regency Suites, Georgetown, the health minister also said that because the nation’s health was at stake, sole sourcing could not cease to exist as emergency cases could potentially arise.
The prequalification process which has essentially resulted in sole sourcing had controversially handed the