Board says GPHC breached law in $632m ‘emergency’ purchases, former CEO acted ‘recklessly’

After months of reports in this newspaper about illegal purchases by the GPHC totalling $632m, the board of the hospital yesterday said that its former Chief Executive Officer, Allan Johnson had acted “recklessly” in the matter but said that there was no information that Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence had instructed that procurement procedures be bypassed.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) came under intense scrutiny when Stabroek News reported on March 8th this year that the institution