AFC wants audit of spending for specialty hospital

What the site looks like now (AFC photo)

The AFC is requesting an audit of some $29M spent by government for “mobilization payment” on infrastructural works for the specialty hospital being constructed at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara.

A senior official of the Donald Ramotar administration told Stabroek News yesterday that the government had nothing to hide, after AFC executive Moses Nagamootoo said that the land preparation at the site was “clumsily executed, incomplete,” and that the property remained flooded.  At a press conference yesterday, Nagamootoo noted that in last year’s budget, $150M was allocated for works, which included a design to the hospital while financing for the project by the Government