Several ministers of government and prominent persons have benefitted significantly from financial aid for medical expenses over the years and the2012-13 list includes over $116M spent in 1 year on cancer treatment for now deceased presidential advisor Navin Chandarpal.
The report, for the 2012-2013 period which lists 942 persons from Regions 1 to 10 who received subsidized and full financial assistance for medical treatment, was seen by Stabroek News and had an overall total of $361.4M.
Chandarpal’s expenses topped the amount given to a patient with cancer as similar patients, diagnosed with the same disease and who requested
