Contractors on Liliendaal hospital were overpaid by $75M – Auditor General

An audit of the operations at the $1.6B Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal has uncovered that approximately $75M was overpaid to contractors during the construction of the facility.

This disclosure was made yesterday by Auditor General Deodat Sharma on the sidelines of an event held at Parliament building.

Sharma told reporters that the audit was completed and the findings were handed over to Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony and Permanent Secretary Malcolm Watkins.