The multimillion-dollar specialty hospital to be built at Turkeyen appears to have hit another hurdle as the $98 million contract awarded to prepare the site has been downgraded, leaving the contracting firm tasked only with building a fence.
G Bovell Construction Service, which won the contract for the project over a year ago, would not go into the details of why the contract was downgraded by the Ministry of Health, but a company official did confirm that it was now only responsible for building the fence of the property at a fraction of the cost of the original project. The official said this should soon been completed.
A source, who is knowledgeable about the contract, confirmed to Stabroek News that the adjustment was made. The source added that no reason was given to the firm about why the contract scope was altered and suggested that it may be reluctant to speak out for fear of being sidelined from future contracts.
The duration given for the completion of the site preparation was originally three months and after more than a year it is still unclear what is responsible for the work not being completed.
Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran, who just two
