Procurement body to complete $605m probe soon – Corbin

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) will “soon” complete its report into the purchase of over $605M in emergency drugs for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)  which breached the national procurement law.

“It will be completed soon. We are still working on it, but soon, soon,” Chairman of the PPC Carol Corbin told Stabroek News when contacted. Corbin would not commit to a specific date.

The PPC, had in late March invited members of the public who had information pertaining to procurement matters at the GPHC and Ministry of Public Health to submit written statements to assist in the probe.

The PPC had announced the investigation, in keeping