Gov’t played no role in $605m purchase – GPHC Chairman

Kesaundra Alves

Government played no role in the actual procurement of the over-$605M emergency drugs for the GPHC, its Chairman, Kesaundra Alves says, adding that the large amount of drugs that was urgently needed was because of patients likely hoarding medication, among other things.

In addition to drug hoarding, Alves says other contributing factors stemmed from document tampering in the finance department and GPHC assisting other hospitals and regions with drugs to meet their shortages.

“The government played no role in that procurement. That was the Georgetown Public Hospital… so