$29.1M specialty hospital allocation in limbo

Bheri Ramsaran

APNU MP and Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge yesterday questioned the propriety of a $29.1 million Ministry of Health allocation in the 2012 estimates appearing as money already spent, since it had been voted down by the opposition earlier in the year.

The allocation, for land and site preparation for the India-funded specialty hospital, was flagged by the opposition during the consideration of Financial Paper 7 of 2011, after it was noted that $150 million was allocated for the project last year.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman had advised that the Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh may