Two Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) staff members have been sent on administrative leave to facilitate an investigation of the $4M that could not accounted for during an audit last month.
“As a result of a Board decision, on Thursday October 24th, 2013 the Director of Financial Services and a Clerk from the Accounts Department have been sent off on administrative leave. This decision took immediate effect so that the probe into the disappearance of funds from the Institution could be continued,” a press release from the GPH stated.
At a press briefing earlier this month, Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran disclosed that a total of $4.131 million could not be accounted for and said that a cashier was being held accountable for the missing money. He added that she was currently on bail pending the outcome of an audit being conducted by the Auditor General’s Office.
“We are dealing with an unfortunate situation of a scandal… which has
