More than a month after the disclosure of the `fast-tracking’ of a $605m emergency drug purchase for the GPHC which did not comply with the procurement law, two separate investigations are still to issue findings.
Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence’s acknow-ledgement that she `fast-tracked’ the purchase from Trinidad conglomerate ANSA McAl along with three smaller acquisitions prompted public consternation and calls for an inquiry into the matter.
Lawrence, herself, asked for the board of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to investigate the circumstances behind the purchase. A separate investigation is also being done by