Specialty hospital contract should be retendered, says Ramjattan

Sand-filling being done at the hospital site in January. (Stabroek News file photo/Arian Browne)

After engineering the cut of the $1.25 billion provision from the national budget for the specialty hospital, the AFC is calling for the contract for the construction to be retendered, while the government is uncertain about the project’s future.

During the consideration of the estimates by the Committee of Supply last Wednesday, the combined opposition carried an AFC motion to reduce the spending for the hospital from $1.25 billion to zero. The opposition speakers voiced concern about the money already spent on the project for site preparation and particularly