Flood damage blamed for missing files of multimillion-dollar contracts at UHWI, senior official tells PAC

Flooding in a “holding area” at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UWHI) and breaches of established procurement procedures led to the disappearance of contract files valued at millions of dollars, according to the hospital’s Senior Director, Public Procurement Ainsworth Buckeridge. Buckeridge told Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday that the flooding in the storage area occurred on three separate occasions, but could not provide specific dates when asked.

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