JUNE 12, 2012 | KNEWS Probe needed into all drug supply contracts –
APNU’s Dr George Norton The government needs to come clean; it needs to explain how it decides on drug supply contracts that have largely favoured the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (New GPC), says Dr George Norton. “The situation needs to be brought out in the open,” Dr Norton, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament told Kaieteur News.
APNU is the country’s main opposition party, and Dr Norton is responsible for health issues from the opposition benches in the National Assembly.
He said that for years now, the opposition has argued that there is not a level playing field in the acquisition of drugs for the country’s hospitals. [more]
JUNE 10, 2012 | FILED UNDER
NEWSLast year, when the government awarded a $311M contract to the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation, importers found that some of the prices put forward by the entity were exorbitant; that the government was paying much more than it should for some of the pharmaceuticals being imported. They noticed for example that the cream, Ketoconazole, [ more]
JUNE 10, 2012 | FILED UNDER
NEWSAs Health Ministry awards $$M contract to unqualified supplier New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) owned by Queen’s Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII) and headed by Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby “Ramroop has taken umbrage over the recent spate of criticisms on a $1.3B contract it received. Dr. Ramroop is insisting that his company was prequalified by the Ministry [more]
Unhealthy sector – Hospitals and Health Centres in Guyana
Unhealthy sector – Hospitalsand Health Centres in Guyana
Dr. George Norton
Stabroek News – 18 June 2015 – Editorial
While the discoveries at each site visited so far have been appalling, perhaps the most inhuman was at the National Psychiatric Hospital in Berbice, where the Minister found that mental patients were forced to bathe with and drink trench water and the ward was also being cleaned with the same water since there has been no water supply for two months. The conditions under which the patients dwell was also described as “pitiful.” Continue reading →
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