Government and the Indian company Fedders Lloyd yesterday signed a Memo-randum of Understanding (MoU) which will see work resuming on the construction of the controversy-ridden Specialty Hospi-tal at Turkeyen on the East Coast of Demerara.
In addition to the fact that there was no public tendering for this huge project, Fedders Lloyd had been represented during the earlier bidding process for the US$18m hospital by now Vice President and Minister of Public Secur-ity, Khemraj Ramjattan. These circumstances are expected to raise public and international concerns about the way this project has been handled, analysts say.
The signing of the MoU was also done without the media being invited despite the fact that while in opposition both APNU and the AFC which now comprise the government had complained about the absence of transparency in deals such as for the Specialty Hospital.
In a joint statement yesterday, the Ministry cited “time” as the reason why the government approach-ed Fedders Lloyd “to explore the possibility of them completing the project.
