Some of the $87 million allocated for the provision of drugs and medical supplies for Region Two in 2015 were not used due to delays in the procurement process and have since been returned to the Health Ministry, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan said yesterday.
Bulkan at the time was responding to questions during the consideration of the estimates for that Region but did not reveal the amount of money that had to be returned and when this was done.
Facing questions from opposition MP Dr Frank Anthony, he told the House that the doubling of last year’s figure to $176 million would cater for the elimination of any possibility of a shortage of supplies including surgical gloves. He said that if there was